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Estonian vs Korean


Korean vs 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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Estonian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Korean language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Estonian and Korean Language History.

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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.

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