Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
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 in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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