Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4038
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1932
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
-
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
coréen
arménien
German Name
Koreanisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Armenians
Origin
Before 1st century
late 5th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
1214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
hye
ISO 639 2/B
kor
arm
ISO 639 3
Kor
hye
ISO 639 6
kor
hye
Glottocode
kore1280
arme1241
Linguasphere
45-AAA
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic