Countries
Israel
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Israel
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Israel
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Aramaic Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2240
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
021
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2219
9
60
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Scripts
Hebrew
Hangul
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
שלום (Shalom)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Jeju
Where They Speak
Israel
South Korea
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
South Korea
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Israel
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
712
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
4.40 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.60 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
hébreu
coréen
German Name
Hebräisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people
Koreans
Origin
1000 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Canaanitic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2312
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
he
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
heb
kor
ISO 639 2/B
heb
kor
ISO 639 3
heb
Kor
ISO 639 6
heb
kor
Glottocode
hebr1246
kore1280
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative