Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
sila
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
maaf
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Not Available
  
French Name
coréen
  
malais
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Korean and Malaysian Speaking population
Korean and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Korean vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Malaysian Language Codes
Korean and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.