Countries
Estonia, European Union
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Finnish
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1820
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
alo
Thank You
aitäh
multumesc
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Head ööd
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
bună Dimineața
Please
Palun
Vă Rog
Sorry
Vabandust
scuze
Bye
Head aega
La revedere
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
810
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
eesti keel
Română
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
estonien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Estnisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Romanians
Origin
13th century
1521
Language Family
Uralic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
-
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Estonian
Romanian
Language Position
2236
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
ron
ISO 639 2/B
est
rum
ISO 639 3
est
ron
ISO 639 6
est
ron
Glottocode
esto1258
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic