Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
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
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
coréen
  
hindi
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
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
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic