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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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