Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1929
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
mirëdita
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
mirëmengjes
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ju lutem
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Me fal
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
mirupafshim
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Jeju
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
10,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Italy
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million3.10 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Shqip
French Name
coréen
albanais
German Name
Koreanisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Albanians
Origin
Before 1st century
1462 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Albanian
Language Position
1214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
kor
alb
ISO 639 3
Kor
sqi
ISO 639 6
kor
sqi
Glottocode
kore1280
alba1267
Linguasphere
45-AAA
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic