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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
6  
9

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
South America  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Quechua-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  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Rimaykullayki  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Solpayki  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Allillanchu  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Allin tuta  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Wuynas nuchis  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Wuynas tardis  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Wuynus diyas  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Not Available  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Pampachaykuway  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
bye  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Kuyayki  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Pampachaway  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Ancash  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
920,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Huánuco  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
190,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Yaru  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Peru  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
150,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.90 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Qhichwa  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
North La Paz Quechua  

French Name
coréen  
quechua  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Quechua-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Quechua  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Quechumaran Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Andean Equatorial  

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  
Quechua  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
qu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
que  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
que  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
que  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
quec1387  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Korean and Quechua Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Quechua language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Quechua language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Quechua language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Quechua Language History.

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

Korean vs Quechua Difficulty

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

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