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Korean and Hebrew


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Israel   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Israel   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Aramaic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22   
4
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
21   
18

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Hebrew   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
שלום (Shalom)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
תודה (Toda)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
בבקשה!   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Israel   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Israel   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
4.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million   
27
Not Available   

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
hébreu   
coréen   

German Name
Hebräisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1000 BC   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Canaanitic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
23   
19
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
he   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
heb   
kor   

ISO 639 3
heb   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hebr1246   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Hebrew and Korean Speaking population

Hebrew and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hebrew and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Hebrew and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is Not Available 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 Hebrew and Korean on Hebrew vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hebrew and Korean Language Codes

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

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