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Estonian and Slovak


Slovak and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
15  
12

How Many Consonants
18  
8
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Ahoj  

Thank You
aitäh  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Palun  
Prosím  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Pardón!  

Bye
Head aega  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
estonien  
slovaque  

German Name
Estnisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
13th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Slavic  

Branch
Finnic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Slovak  

Language Position
22  
20
27  
25

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
slo  

ISO 639 3
est  
slk  

ISO 639 6
est  
slk  

Glottocode
esto1258  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Estonian and Slovak Speaking population

Estonian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Estonian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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