Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Estonia, European Union
National Language
Russia
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Tere
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
aitäh
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Head ööd
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Tere hommikust
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Palun
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Vabandust
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Head aega
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Where They Speak
Olonets
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Novgorod
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Native Name
Русский
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Russki
Eesti keel
French Name
russe
estonien
German Name
Russisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Russians
Estonians
Origin
1000 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Estonian
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
russ1263
esto1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Russian 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 Russian and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Estonian Speaking population
Russian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Estonian on Russian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Estonian Language Codes
Russian and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.