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Ukrainian vs Korean


Korean vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Ukraine  
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
будь ласк  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
30
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
ukrainien  
coréen  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1561  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
26  
22
12  
11

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
kor  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Ukrainian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Korean language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Korean Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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