Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
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
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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 are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
coréen
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
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
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic