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Serbian vs Korean


Korean vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
serbe  
coréen  

German Name
Serbisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Koreans  

History

Origin
11th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
44  
33
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
kor  

ISO 639 3
srp  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Serbian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Korean language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century 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 Serbian and Korean Language History.

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

Serbian vs Korean Difficulty

The Serbian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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