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Estonian and Romanian


Romanian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Romanian.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
alo  

Thank You
aitäh  
multumesc  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Palun  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Vabandust  
scuze  

Bye
Head aega  
La revedere  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Română  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
estonien  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Estnisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Romanians  

History

Origin
13th century  
1521  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Romanian  

Language Position
22  
20
36  
33

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
rum  

ISO 639 3
est  
ron  

ISO 639 6
est  
ron  

Glottocode
esto1258  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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All Estonian and Romanian 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 Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Romanian Speaking population

Estonian and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Estonian vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Romanian Language Codes

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

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