Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
coréen
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Korean and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Vietnamese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Korean vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.