Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
France, Spain
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
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 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Kaixo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Gabon
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Egun on
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Mesedez
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Barkatu
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Agur
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Jeju
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
South Korea
France
How Many People Speak
10,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Souletin
Where They Speak
South Korea
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Biscayan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Spain
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
coréen
basque
German Name
Koreanisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Basque people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1000
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Basque
Language Position
1230
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ko
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
eus
ISO 639 2/B
kor
baq
ISO 639 3
Kor
eus
ISO 639 6
kor
eus
Glottocode
kore1280
basq1248
Linguasphere
45-AAA
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative