1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Farsi Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Hangul
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Silaw
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Sipas
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Şev xweş
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Evare baş
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Bayanit bash
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Bê zehmet
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
Bibûre
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Hamgyŏng
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
28.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
21.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
한국어 (조선말)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th century CE
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Kurdish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative