Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Not Available
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Not Available
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
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Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Not available
Where They Speak
South Korea
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
South Korea
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
coréen
abkhaze
German Name
Koreanisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Abkhaz people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1650
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Abkhaz
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
kore1280
abkh1244
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Korean and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Abkhaz language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Korean vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.
