Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Philippines
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
coréen
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available