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Estonian and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Tere  

Thank You
Merci  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Tere hommikust  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Palun  

Sorry
désolé  
Vabandust  

Bye
au revoir  
Head aega  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Français  
Eesti keel  

French Name
français  
estonien  

German Name
Französisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Estonian  

Language Position
13  
12
22  
20

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
est  

ISO 639 3
fra  
est  

ISO 639 6
fras  
est  

Glottocode
stan1290  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All French 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 French and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of French and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Estonian Speaking population

French and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 French and Estonian on French vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Estonian Language Codes

French and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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