Countries
Vietnam
  
Estonia, European Union
  
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 in
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Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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.
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.