Countries
Japan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Japan
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Kagawa
South Korea
Dialect 2
Hakata
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
kansai
China, North Korea
Native Name
日本語
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
japonais
coréen
German Name
Japanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Koreans
Origin
1185
Before 1st century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Japanese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
kore1280
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Japanese 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 Japanese and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Korean language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Korean Difficulty
The Japanese vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.