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Croatian vs Korean


Korean vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
5   
10

National Language
Austria   
North Korea, South Korea   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
bok   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
hvala   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
kako si   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
molim   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Volim te   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
croate   
coréen   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Koreans   

History

Origin
9th 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
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
23   
19
12   
11

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
kor   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Croatian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Korean language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Korean Language History.

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

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