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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
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
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
esto1258
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Estonian and Korean Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Estonian and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Korean language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Korean Difficulty
The Estonian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian Alphabets and Korean Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Estonian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.