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Belarusian vs Korean


Korean vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
39  
28
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Dabranač  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

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

Please
Kali laska  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
da pabačennia  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
Not Available  

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
biélorusse  
coréen  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
18th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
79  
99+
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
kor  

ISO 639 3
bel  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Belarusian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Korean language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian and Korean Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Korean Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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