1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, 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.)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Lao
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology