Countries
Indonesia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2740
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
matur nuwun
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
matur nuwun
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Jeju
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arekan
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.25 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
82.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
basa Jawa
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
javanais
coréen
German Name
Javanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Koreans
Origin
450 AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Javanese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
1112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
jv
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jav
kor
ISO 639 2/B
jav
kor
ISO 639 3
jav
Kor
ISO 639 6
jav
kor
Glottocode
java1253
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative