Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Ukraine
  
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 in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
39.00 million
  
32
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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