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Korean vs Marathi


Marathi vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
16   
13

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Hangul   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
coréen   
marathe   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
10th century   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Marathi   

Language Position
12   
11
17   
15

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
mar   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Korean and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Marathi language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Korean vs Marathi Difficulty

The Korean vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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