1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Latvia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Latvia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Lithuanian 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
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sveiki
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Paldies
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kā jums klājas?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ar labunakti
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Labvakar
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Labdien
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Labrīt
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Piedodiet!
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Uz redzēšanos
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Es tevi mīlu
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Piedodiet!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Middle Latvian
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
France, Latvia
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 million1.75 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million1.75 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
latviešu valoda
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Lettish
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Latvians or Letts
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Latvian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology