Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ciao
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
grazie
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Come stai?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
buonanotte
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
buongiorno
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Per Favore
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
scusate
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
arrivederci
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Scusami
Where They Speak
South Korea
Lazio
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Italian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Tuscan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Italiano
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Italiano
French Name
coréen
italien
German Name
Koreanisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Italians
Origin
Before 1st century
960 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
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
Italian
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
kore1280
ital1282
Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Korean and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Italian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Italian Difficulty
The Korean vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.