1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
1.5 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
1.9 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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.10 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Munda Language
1.11 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.6.2 How Many Consonants
2.7 Scripts
Hangul
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
2.8 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.9 Hard to Learn
2.9.1 Language Levels
2.9.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Henda ho
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Adi Johar
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Boge Ninda
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Boge Ayup’
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Not Available
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Santali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available