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Hebrew and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Israel   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Israel   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Poland   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Arabic and Aramaic languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Aramaic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
22   
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
0   

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

Scripts
Hangul   
Hebrew   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
שלום (Shalom)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
תודה (Toda)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
לילה טוב (Laila tov)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
ערב טוב (Erev tov)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
בבקשה (bevekshah)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
סליחה! (Slicha)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
להתראות (Lehitraot)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
בבקשה!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Ashkenazi Hebrew   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Israel   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Samaritan Hebrew   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Israel, Palestine   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Yemenite Hebrew   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Israel   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
9.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
4.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.60 million   
27

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Israeli, Ivrit   

French Name
coréen   
hébreu   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Hebräisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1000 BC   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Canaanitic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Modern Hebrew   

Language Position
12   
11
23   
19

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Hebrew   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
he   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
heb   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
heb   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
heb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
hebr1246   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
12-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Korean and Hebrew Speaking population

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

Korean and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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