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Albanian vs Korean


Korean vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
21  
18

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Ju lutem  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Me fal  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Italy  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
Not Available  

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
albanais  
coréen  

German Name
Albanisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
kor  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Albanian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Korean language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Albanian and Korean Language History.

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Albanian and Korean 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 Albanian and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Korean language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Korean Difficulty

The Albanian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Korean 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 Albanian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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