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Malaysian and Korean


Korean and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Malaysia   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
24   
14
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
sila   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
maaf   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Musi   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
malais   
coréen   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
54   
39
12   
11

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
kor   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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All Malaysian and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Korean Speaking population

Malaysian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Korean on Malaysian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Korean Language Codes

Malaysian and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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