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Korean vs Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Ireland  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Ireland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
13  
3
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
le do thoil  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Slán  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Munster  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
35
Not Available  

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
coréen  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
c. 750  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Goidelic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
kor  

ISO 639 3
gle  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
iris1253  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Irish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Irish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Irish and Korean language. History of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750 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 Irish and Korean Language History.

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

Irish vs Korean Difficulty

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

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