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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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