Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Germany
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
hallo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Danke
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
guten Abend
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
guten Morgen
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
bitte
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Verzeihung
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Jeju
Where They Speak
Switzerland
South Korea
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Germany
South Korea
Dialect 3
Texas German
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Texas
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
allemand
coréen
German Name
Deutsch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Koreans
Origin
6th Century AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed German
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All German and Korean Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Korean dialects. Various dialects of German and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Korean Speaking population
German and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of German and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Korean on German vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Korean Language Codes
German and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.