Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
China
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
China
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
coréen
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
11
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available