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Serbian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Montenegrin  

French Name
coréen  
serbe  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Serbs  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

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 Serbian  

Language Position
12  
11
44  
33

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
srp  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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All Korean and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Serbian Speaking population

Korean and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Serbian on Korean vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Serbian Language Codes

Korean and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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