1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malaysia
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Thailand
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Tamil Language
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
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
Hai
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
terima kasih
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Apa khabar?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat pagi
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
maaf
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 683 AD
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
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
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative