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
  
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 in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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