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Romanian vs Korean


Korean vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
31  
13
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.14 %  
16

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  

History

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  

Language Position
36  
28
12  
11

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Romanian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Korean language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Korean Language History.

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

Romanian vs Korean Difficulty

The Romanian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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