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Urdu vs Korean


Korean vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Pakistan  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
21  
18

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
الوداع  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
India  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
India  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
ourdou  
coréen  

German Name
Urdu  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Koreans  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
20  
18
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
kor  

ISO 639 3
urd  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
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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Urdu and Korean Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Korean language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Korean Language History.

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

Urdu vs Korean Difficulty

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

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