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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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