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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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