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Esperanto vs Korean


Korean vs Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
27   
17
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Dankon   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
Mi petas   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Not present   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Not present   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Not present   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
Esperanto   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
espéranto   
coréen   

German Name
Esperanto   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1887   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
kor   

ISO 639 3
epo   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
espe1235   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Esperanto and Korean Language History

Comparison of Esperanto vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Esperanto and Korean language. History of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887 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 Esperanto and Korean Language History.

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

Esperanto vs Korean Difficulty

The Esperanto vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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