Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
谢谢
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
你好吗？
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
晚安
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
晚上好
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
下午好
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
早上好
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Sorry
遗憾
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
我爱你
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
原谅我
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China, North Korea
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
Not Available
coréen
German Name
Not Available
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Koreans
Origin
17th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
kor
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
kor
ISO 639 3
No data available
Kor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Korean language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Korean Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.