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Korean vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
5  
10

National Language
Spain  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Gracias  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Por Favor  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
triste  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
adiós  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
coréen  

German Name
Spanisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Koreans  

History

Origin
210 BC  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
2  
2
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
kor  

ISO 639 3
spa  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Korean language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Korean Language History.

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

Spanish vs Korean Difficulty

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

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