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Korean vs Romanian


Romanian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
40   
21
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
250,000.00   
38

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
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
36   
28

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Korean and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Romanian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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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.

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