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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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