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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
I Love You
Te Quiero
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Jeju
Where They Speak
Mexico
South Korea
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Cuba
South Korea
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
210 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
kore1280
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
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.