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Indonesian vs Korean


Korean vs Indonesian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Indonesia   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
19   
9
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
mohon Untuk   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
maaf   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
indonésien   
coréen   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Koreans   

History

Origin
7th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
56   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
kor   

ISO 639 3
ind   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Indonesian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Korean language. History of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Korean Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Korean Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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