Is Estonian language hardest?
Estonian is one of the hardest languages to learn for English speakers. According to the Foreign Service Institute, Estonian is the fifth hardest language to learn. Especially for the native English speakers, this language is difficult because it operates with 14 noun cases.
Do people still speak Estonian?
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. It is one of the four official languages of European Union that is not of an Indo-European origin.
Is Finnish harder than Estonian?
Same with Hindi, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some vocabulary overlaps or familiar grammatical concepts. Estonian and Hungarian are more difficult than Finnish.
Are Estonians Baltic or uralic?
They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians (including Ludes and Olonets), Veps, Izhorians, Votes, and Livonians….Baltic Finnic peoples.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Finns | c. 6.2–7 million |
| Estonians | c. 1.1 million |
| Karelians | c. 75,000 |
| Vepsians | c. 6,000 |
What language is dying?
Definitely endangered – children no longer learn the language as a ‘mother tongue’ in the home….UNESCO languages by degress of endangeredness.
| Name in English | Number of speakers | Degree of endangerment |
|---|---|---|
| Chuvash | 1325382 | Vulnerable |
| Meithei | 1250000 | Vulnerable |
| Tamang | 1196639 | Vulnerable |
| Quechua of Cuzco | 1115000 | Vulnerable |
Which European languages are dying?
List of languages
| Language | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Albania Main article: Languages of Albania | ||
| Pontic Greek | Definitely endangered | Also spoken in: Armenia, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine |
| Svan | Definitely endangered | |
| Udi | Severely endangered | (Georgia) . |