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Korean Language



Countries
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Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian 0

Total No. Of Countries
5 10

National Language
North Korea, South Korea 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America 0

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language 0

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.
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Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
40 21

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
21 18

How Many Consonants
19 9

Scripts
Hangul 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks 13

Greetings
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) 0

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida) 0

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?) 0

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo) 0

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.) 0

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka) 0

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo) 0

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio) 0

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida) 0

Bye
안녕 (annyeong) 0

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida) 0

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Jeju 0

Where They Speak
South Korea 0

How Many People Speak
10,000.00 49

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang 0

Where They Speak
South Korea 0

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00 9

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng 0

Where They Speak
China, North Korea 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
12 12

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million 22

Speaking Population
1.14 % 16

Native Speakers
77.00 million 12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
한국어 (조선말) 0

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh 0

French Name
coréen 0

German Name
Koreanisch 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Koreans 0

History
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Origin
Before 1st century 0

Language Family
Koreanic Family 0

Subgroup
Not Available 0

Branch
Not Available 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean 0

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard 0

Language Position
12 11

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
ko 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
kor 0

ISO 639 2/B
kor 0

ISO 639 3
Kor 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
kore1280 0

Linguasphere
45-AAA 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative 0

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Origin of Korean language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Korean language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Korean language states that it was put to use in Before 1st century. The history of Korean language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Korean Language History.The evolution of Korean language began with early forms such as Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean. Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard is the standard form of Korean language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Korean Language.

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Korean population

Korean population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Korean language. Korean language is spoken by 77.00 million people in the world. Most of the Korean population lies in the Korean Speaking Countries. Korean language is spoken as first language by 77.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Korean as second language. Get to know Korean speaking population in detail.

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Korean writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Korean writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Korean language. Some languages share common writing systems. Hangul script is used by Korean language. Learn more about . 

Information about Korean language

Check out all the information about Korean language here. You may find it interesting to learn Korean Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Korean Speaking Countries, Korean speaking continents and Korean Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Korean countries knowing common Korean Greetings will help you in communicating with Korean people.

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