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Estonian vs Spanish


Spanish vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
22   
12

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
hola   

Thank You
aitäh   
Gracias   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Buenos Días   

Please
Palun   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Vabandust   
triste   

Bye
Head aega   
adiós   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
Not Available   
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
eesti keel   
Español   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
estonien   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Estnisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
13th century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Romance   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
spa   

ISO 639 3
est   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Estonian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Spanish language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Estonian and Spanish Language History.

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Estonian and Spanish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Estonian and Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Spanish language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Estonian vs Spanish Difficulty

The Estonian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Spanish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Estonian and Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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