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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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