Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
54
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46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language