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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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