Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Caucasus
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
0.13 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
coréen
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative