Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
thov
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
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I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Jeju
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
South Korea
Laos
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
South Korea
China
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Vietnam
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Mong
German Name
Koreanisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Koreans
Hmong people
Origin
Before 1st century
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Language Family
Koreanic Family
Hmong–Mien 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
Hmong
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kor
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ISO 639 2/B
kor
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kore1280
firs1234
Linguasphere
45-AAA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean and Hmong 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 Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Hmong language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Hmong Difficulty
The Korean vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Hmong 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 Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.