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Slovene vs Korean


Korean vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Hvala   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
Prosim   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Resian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Italy   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Slovenia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Not available   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
slovène   
coréen   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Koreans   

History

Origin
972-1093   
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
Slovene   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
kor   

ISO 639 3
slv   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Slovene and Korean Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Korean language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Korean Language History.

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

Slovene vs Korean Difficulty

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

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