Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
coréen
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1521
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative