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Korean vs Belarusian


Belarusian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Belarus, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Belarus, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
  
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Russian and Ukrainian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
39  
28

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
dobry dzień  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Dziakuj  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Jak vy ?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Dabranač  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Dobry viečar  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
dobry dzień  

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

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Kali laska  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Vybačajcie  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
da pabačennia  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
JA liubliu ciabie  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Vybačajcie  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
North-Eastern Belarusian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
North-East Belarus  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
South-Western Belarusian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
South-West Belarus  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Middle Belarusian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Middle Belarus  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
9.63 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.89 million  
26

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  

French Name
coréen  
biélorusse  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Weißrussisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Belarusians  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
18th century  

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  

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

Language Position
12  
11
79  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
be  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
bel  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
bel  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
bel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
bela1254  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Korean and Belarusian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Belarusian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Belarusian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Belarusian Language History.

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Korean and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Belarusian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Belarusian Difficulty

The Korean vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.

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