Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
China, Taiwan
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
South Korea
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
South Korea
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
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Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
chinois
coréen
German Name
Chinesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
1250 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sini1245
kore1280
Linguasphere
79-AAA
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Chinese and Korean Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Korean Speaking population
Chinese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Korean on Chinese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Korean Language Codes
Chinese and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.