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Vietnamese vs Estonian


Estonian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Vietnam   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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 Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Tere   

Thank You
Cam on   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Tere hommikust   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Palun   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Vabandust   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Head aega   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Eesti keel   

French Name
vietnamien   
estonien   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
13th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Estonian   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
est   

ISO 639 3
vie   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Vietnamese and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Estonian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Estonian Language History.

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Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Estonian language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Estonian Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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