Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
coréen
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic