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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

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