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Ukrainian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Ukraine   

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   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

Scripts
Hangul   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
будь ласк   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Rivne, Volyn   

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Not Available   

French Name
coréen   
ukrainien   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1561   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
12   
11
26   
22

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Korean and Ukrainian Speaking population

Korean and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Korean vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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