Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
italien
  
coréen
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Koreans
  
Origin
960 BC
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative