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Albanian vs Korean


Korean vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
21   
18

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
Ju lutem   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Me fal   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Italy   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
albanais   
coréen   

German Name
Albanisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
kor   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Albanian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Korean language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Korean Language History.

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

Albanian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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