Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ciao
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
grazie
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Come stai?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
buonanotte
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
buonasera
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
buongiorno
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Per Favore
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
scusate
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
arrivederci
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ti amo
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Scusami
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Lazio
South Korea
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
South Korea
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
China, North Korea
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Italiano
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
italien
coréen
German Name
Italienisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Koreans
Origin
960 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Italian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
kore1280
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Italian 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 Italian and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Korean language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Korean Difficulty
The Italian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.