Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
India
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Bihari
  
French Name
coréen
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Korean and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Urdu language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Urdu Difficulty
The Korean vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.