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Spanish vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
46   
1

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
22   
12

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.)   
hola   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Buenos Días   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Por Favor   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
triste   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
adiós   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
coréen   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
12   
11
2   
2

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
spa   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Korean and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Spanish language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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Korean and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Spanish language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Spanish Difficulty

The Korean vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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