Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Japan
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hakata
Where They Speak
South Korea
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Kansai
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
kansai
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
日本語
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
French Name
coréen
japonais
German Name
Koreanisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
Before 1st century
1185
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Japanese
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
nucl1643
Linguasphere
45-AAA
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Korean and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Japanese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Japanese Difficulty
The Korean vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.