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Konkani vs Korean


Korean vs Konkani


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
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  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
21  
18

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Chike  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Maf kor  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Adeus  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Goa  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
konkani  
coréen  

German Name
Konkani  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
kor  

ISO 639 3
kok  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
goan1235  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Konkani and Korean Language History

Comparison of Konkani vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Konkani and Korean language. History of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D. 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 Konkani and Korean Language History.

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

Konkani vs Korean Difficulty

The Konkani vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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