Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
litovat
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
coréen
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Czechs
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic