Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
alo
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
scuze
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
coréen
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Romanians
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Korean and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Romanian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Romanian Difficulty
The Korean vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.