1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative