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Estonian and Korean


Korean and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Finnish  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
21  
18

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
aitäh  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Palun  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Head aega  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
eesti keel  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
estonien  
coréen  

German Name
Estnisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
13th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
kor  

ISO 639 3
est  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Estonian and Korean Speaking population

Estonian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Estonian and Korean on Estonian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Korean Language Codes

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

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