Estonian and Slovene
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Finnish
Serbo-Croatian
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Head ööd
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Dober dan
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Dobro jutro
Sorry
Vabandust
Oprostite
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Hungary, Slovenia
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Italy
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Styrian
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Slovenia
Native Name
eesti keel
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
estonien
slovène
German Name
Estnisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Slovenes
Origin
13th century
972-1093
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Slovene
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
slov1268
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Estonian and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Slovene Speaking population
Estonian and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Estonian vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Slovene Language Codes
Estonian and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.