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Korean and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
5  
10

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
21  
18

How Many Consonants
9  
1
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Bye
Tschüs  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Germany  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Texas  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Deutsch  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
allemand  
coréen  

German Name
Deutsch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Koreans  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
9  
9
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kor  

ISO 639 3
deu  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
deus  
kor  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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.

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