Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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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
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4027
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
219
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1918
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
Dialect 1
Jeju
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Tartu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Idamurre
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million0.95 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eesti keel
French Name
coréen
estonien
German Name
Koreanisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Estonians
Origin
Before 1st century
13th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
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
1222
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
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
kor
est
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