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Urdu vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
40   
21
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
40   
29

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
India   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
20   
18

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Korean and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Urdu language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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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.

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