Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
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
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4034
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
218
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1926
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Salam
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
chone tao?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
jawáin sawáh
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Jeju
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Baluchi
French Name
coréen
baloutchi
German Name
Koreanisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
Before 1st century
19th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
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
Balochi
Language Position
1239
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
bal
ISO 639 2/B
kor
bal
ISO 639 3
Kor
bal
ISO 639 6
kor
bal
Glottocode
kore1280
balo1260
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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