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Korean vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
27  
17

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Halo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Mi petas  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Not present  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Not present  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.00 million  
34

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
coréen  
espéranto  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1887  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Proto-Esperanto  

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

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
epo  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
epo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Korean and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Esperanto language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Korean vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Korean vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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