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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

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  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Hangul  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
coréen  
hindi  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
12  
11
5  
5

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
hin  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
kore1280  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Korean and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Hindi language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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

Korean vs Hindi Difficulty

The Korean vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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