1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
India, Pakistan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Hindi Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
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
Hangul
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
1000 AD
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Punjabi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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