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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
您好
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
早上好
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
遗憾
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
再见
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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77.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
coréen
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5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
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5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
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6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
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6.4 Scope
Individual
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7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
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7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean and Cantonese Alphabets

Korean and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Cantonese. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Korean and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Cantonese languages. The Korean phonology consist Korean vowels and Korean consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Korean greetings vs Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Korean and Cantonese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Korean and Cantonese Speaking population

Korean and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Cantonese on Korean vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Cantonese Language Codes

Korean and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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