Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Georgia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
coréen
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Georgians
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic