Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Not Available
  
French Name
coréen
  
albanais
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Albanians
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Korean and Albanian Speaking population
Korean and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Albanian on Korean vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Albanian Language Codes
Korean and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.