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German and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
9  
1

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
hallo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Danke  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
guten Morgen  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
bitte  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
coréen  
allemand  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Germans  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
12  
11
9  
9

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
ger  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
kore1280  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Korean and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Korean and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and German Speaking population

Korean and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and German languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Korean vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and German Language Codes

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

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