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Italian vs Estonian


Estonian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
Tere  

Thank You
grazie  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Per Favore  
Palun  

Sorry
scusate  
Vabandust  

Bye
arrivederci  
Head aega  

I Love You
Ti amo  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Eesti keel  

French Name
italien  
estonien  

German Name
Italienisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Estonians  

History

Origin
960 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Estonian  

Language Position
27  
25
22  
20

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
est  

ISO 639 3
ita  
est  

ISO 639 6
itas  
est  

Glottocode
ital1282  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Estonian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Italian and Estonian Language History.

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Italian and Estonian 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 Italian and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Estonian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Estonian Difficulty

The Italian vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Estonian 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 Italian and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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