1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Farsi Language
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
Hangul
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Silaw
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Sipas
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Tu çawa yî?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Şev xweş
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Evare baş
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Bê zehmet
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bibûre
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Bê zehmet
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Kurdish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
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
16th century CE
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Kurdish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
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
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