1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Japan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
1.8 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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Korean Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
kansai
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million128.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million128.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Japanese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Japanese
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic