Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.