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Korean vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
16  
6
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
10,000.00  
99+

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
1.14 %  
16

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  

History

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  

Language Position
27  
23
12  
11

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Italian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Korean language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Korean Language History.

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

Italian vs Korean Difficulty

The Italian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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