Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
India
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
coréen
  
oriya
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Odias
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
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
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available