1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Malta
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Western Arabic Dialects
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Roman 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ħello
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Grazzi
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kif int?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
L-għodwa t-tajba
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Jekk jogħġbok
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Skużani!
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Inħobbok ħafna
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Skużi!
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
China, North Korea
Not Available
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 million0.52 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million0.52 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Malti
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1470
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
North Abric
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
Maltese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology