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Estonian

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Countries

Countries

Estonia, European Union
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Estonia, Gambia
Japan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Palau

Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

Interesting Facts

  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Finnish
Korean Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2799
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1814
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Kana

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Tere
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

aitäh
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

kuidas sul läheb
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Head ööd
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Tere õhtust
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Tere päevast
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Tere hommikust
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

Palun
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Vabandust
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Head aega
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

ma armastan sind
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Vabandage
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Keskmurre
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tartu
Hakata

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Estonia
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Idamurre
Kansai

Where They Speak

France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
kansai

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

831
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.10 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.95 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.10 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

eesti keel
日本語

Alternative Names

Eesti keel
Nihongo

French Name

estonien
japonais

German Name

Estnisch
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Estonians
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

13th century
1185

Language Family

Uralic Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Finno-Ugric
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Branch

Finnic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Estonian
Japanese

Language Position

228
1 120
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Signed Forms

Estonian Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

et
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

est
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

est
jpn

ISO 639 3

est
jpn

ISO 639 6

est
jpn

Glottocode

esto1258
nucl1643

Linguasphere

No data available
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Estonian and Japanese Alphabets

Estonian and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Estonian and Japanese. In Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Estonian and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Estonian and Japanese languages. The Estonian phonology consist Estonian vowels and Estonian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Estonian greetings vs Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Estonian and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Estonian and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Estonian and Japanese Speaking population

Estonian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Japanese on Estonian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Japanese Language Codes

Estonian and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.