Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
South Korea
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
South Korea
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Torlakian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Montenegrin
German Name
Koreanisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
Before 1st century
11th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
serb1264
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Korean and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Serbian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Serbian Difficulty
The Korean vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.
