Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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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
Ahoj
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Prosím
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
slovenčina
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
slovaque
  
coréen
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Koreans
  
Origin
6th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative