Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Not Available
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
bok
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
hvala
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
kako si
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
laku noć
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
dobar dan
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
dobro jutro
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
molim
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Oprostite
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Doviđenja
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Volim te
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ispričavam se
Where They Speak
South Korea
Croatia
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Chakavian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Hrvatski
French Name
coréen
croate
German Name
Koreanisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Origin
Before 1st century
9th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
croa1245
Linguasphere
45-AAA
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Korean and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Croatian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Croatian Difficulty
The Korean vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.