Countries
West Java
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Mangga
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
Not Available
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
soundanais
  
coréen
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Koreans
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
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
su
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative