Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Spanish
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Kaixo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Gabon
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Egun on
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Mesedez
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Barkatu
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Jeju
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
South Korea
France
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Souletin
Where They Speak
South Korea
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Biscayan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Not available
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
coréen
basque
German Name
Koreanisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Koreans
Basque people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1000
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
basq1248
Linguasphere
45-AAA
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Korean and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Basque language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Basque Difficulty
The Korean vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.