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Estonian Language



Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Europe

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.

Similar To
Finnish

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
27 9

Phonology

How Many Vowels
9 6

How Many Consonants
18 8

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
2 1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Tere

Thank You
aitäh

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb

Good Night
Head ööd

Good Evening
Tere õhtust

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast

Good Morning
Tere hommikust

Please
Palun

Sorry
Vabandust

Bye
Head aega

I Love You
ma armastan sind

Excuse Me
Vabandage

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00 59

Dialect 2
Tartu

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00 61

Dialect 3
Idamurre

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00 52

Total No. Of Dialects
8 8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million 86

Speaking Population
0.03 % 60

Native Speakers
0.95 million 81

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million 61

Native Name
eesti keel

Alternative Names
Eesti keel

French Name
estonien

German Name
Estnisch

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]

Ethnicity
Estonians

History

Origin
13th century

Language Family
Uralic Family

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric

Branch
Finnic

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Estonian

Language Position
22 20

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
et

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
est

ISO 639 2/B
est

ISO 639 3
est

ISO 639 6
est

Glottocode
esto1258

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative

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Origin of Estonian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Estonian language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Estonian language states that it was put to use in 13th century. The history of Estonian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Estonian Language History. Estonian has no early forms. Estonian is the standard form of Estonian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Estonian Language.

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Estonian population

Estonian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Estonian language. Estonian language is spoken by 1.10 million people in the world. Most of the Estonian population lies in the Estonian Speaking Countries. Estonian language is spoken as first language by 0.95 million people and as second language by about 1.10 million people. Get to know Estonian speaking population in detail.

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Estonian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Estonian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Estonian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Estonian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Estonian language

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