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Korean vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
26   
16

Scripts
Hangul   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
жал (žal)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Debar   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Macedonia   

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
coréen   
macédonien   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

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   
Macedonian   

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
mac   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Korean and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Macedonian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Korean vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Korean vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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