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Gujarati vs Korean


Korean vs Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
India  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
NA  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
24
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
goudjrati  
coréen  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Koreans  

History

Origin
15  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
23  
19
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
kor  

ISO 639 3
guj  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
guja1252  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Gujarati and Korean Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and Korean language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 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 Gujarati and Korean Language History.

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

Gujarati vs Korean Difficulty

The Gujarati vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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