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Estonian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Finnish   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Xin chào   

Thank You
aitäh   
Cam on   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Palun   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Head aega   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

Dialect 2
Tartu   
North-central Vietnamese   

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
eesti keel   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

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

French Name
estonien   
vietnamien   

German Name
Estnisch   
Vietnamesisch   

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

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
13th century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
vie   

ISO 639 3
est   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Estonian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Vietnamese language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Estonian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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