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Korean vs Italian


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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

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

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

Alphabets
40  
21
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
16  
6

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.00 million  
20

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  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

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  
Italian  

Language Position
12  
11
27  
23

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
ita  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
kore1280  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Korean and Italian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Italian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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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.

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