Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
coréen
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
19th Century
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available