Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Italian-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.)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
scusate
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Italiano
  
French Name
coréen
  
italien
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Italians
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic