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Korean vs Estonian


Estonian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
0.95 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
13th century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

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
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
est  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Korean and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Estonian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Korean and Estonian Language History.

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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.

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