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Malaysian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

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

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
24   
14

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Musi   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.16 %   
14

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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
54   
39

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Korean and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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