Finnish and Estonian
Countries
European Union, Finland
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Head ööd
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Tere hommikust
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Finland
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Suomi
Eesti keel
French Name
finnois
estonien
German Name
Finnisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Estonians
Language Family
Uralic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
finn1318
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Finnish and Estonian 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 Finnish and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Estonian Speaking population
Finnish and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Finnish and Estonian on Finnish vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Estonian Language Codes
Finnish and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.