Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
coréen
  
birman
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating