Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
bye
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
coréen
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
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
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative