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Korean and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
40   
21
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Hangul   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
58   
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Korean and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Bulgarian Speaking population

Korean and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian on Korean vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Bulgarian Language Codes

Korean and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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