Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1960
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
амритана
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Амарахь
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
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Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Bzyb
Where They Speak
South Korea
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
10,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
South Korea
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Sadz
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Turkey
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
coréen
abkhaze
German Name
Koreanisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Abkhaz people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1650
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Abkhaz
Language Position
1228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
abk
ISO 639 2/B
kor
abk
ISO 639 3
Kor
abk
ISO 639 6
kor
abks
Glottocode
kore1280
abkh1244
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative