Countries
Fiji, India
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
hindi
  
coréen
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
7th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative