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Hindi vs Korean


Korean vs Hindi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, 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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
21  
18

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
10,000.00  
99+

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
1.14 %  
16

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  

History

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  

Language Position
5  
5
12  
11

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Hindi and Korean Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Korean language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi and Korean Language History.

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

Hindi vs Korean Difficulty

The Hindi vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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