Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ahoj
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dobré ráno
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Prosím
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Pardón!
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Dovidenia
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
South Korea
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
coréen
slovaque
German Name
Koreanisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Slovaks
Origin
Before 1st century
6th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
slov1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Slovak language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Slovak Difficulty
The Korean vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.