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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Halo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Not Available  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
coréen  
javanais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

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  
Javanese  

Language Position
12  
11
11  
10

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
jav  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
java1253  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Korean and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Javanese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. 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 Javanese Language History.

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Korean and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Javanese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Javanese Difficulty

The Korean vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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