Countries
Estonia, European Union
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Finnish
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Tere
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
aitäh
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Head ööd
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Palun
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Vabandust
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Head aega
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Olonets
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Novgorod
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Novgorod
Native Name
eesti keel
Русский
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Russki
French Name
estonien
russe
German Name
Estnisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Russians
Origin
13th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Slavic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
All Estonian and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Russian Speaking population
Estonian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Estonian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Russian Language Codes
Estonian and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.