Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
coréen
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available