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Armenian vs Korean


Korean vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
32   
22
19   
9

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
arménien   
coréen   

German Name
Armenisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Koreans   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
kor   

ISO 639 3
hye   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Armenian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Korean language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Korean Language History.

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

Armenian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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