Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Estonia, European Union
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institute of the Estonian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Finnish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Tere
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
aitäh
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Head ööd
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Tere hommikust
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Palun
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Vabandust
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Head aega
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Vabandage
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Tartu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Idamurre
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eesti keel
French Name
coréen
estonien
German Name
Koreanisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Estonians
Origin
Before 1st century
13th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
esto1258
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Korean and Estonian 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 Korean and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Estonian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Estonian Difficulty
The Korean vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Estonian 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 Korean and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.