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Korean and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
21   
18

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Greece   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Griko   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Italy   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
ελληνικά   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
coréen   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
74   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
kor   

ISO 639 3
ell   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Greek 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 Greek and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Korean Speaking population

Greek and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Korean on Greek vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Korean Language Codes

Greek and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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