Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-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.)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Lettish
  
French Name
coréen
  
letton
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
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
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Korean and Latvian Speaking population
Korean and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Latvian on Korean vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Latvian Language Codes
Korean and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.