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Macedonian vs Korean


Korean vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
26  
16
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Debar  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
macédonien  
coréen  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Agglutinative  

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Macedonian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Korean language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Macedonian and Korean Language History.

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Macedonian and Korean 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 Macedonian and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Korean language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Macedonian vs Korean Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Korean 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 Macedonian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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