Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Hangul
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
South Korea
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
South Korea
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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French Name
coréen
chinois
German Name
Koreanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
Before 1st century
1250 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kore1280
sini1245
Linguasphere
45-AAA
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Korean and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Chinese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Chinese Difficulty
The Korean vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.