Estonian and Swedish
Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Finnish
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
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Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
aitäh
tacka dig
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
hur mår du
Good Night
Head ööd
godnatt
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
god kväll
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
god morgon
I Love You
ma armastan sind
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
Vabandage
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Dialects
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Gabon
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Georgia
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Dialects
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
France
Native Name
eesti keel
Svenska
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
estonien
suédois
German Name
Estnisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
13th century
13th Century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Germanic
Branch
Finnic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard Swedish
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Estonian and Swedish 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 Swedish dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Swedish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Swedish Dialects are spoken in different Swedish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Swedish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Swedish dialects include: Dialects , Dialects. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Swedish Speaking population
Estonian and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Estonian vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Swedish Language Codes
Estonian and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.