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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
23
Rank: 13 (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)
6
Rank: 5 (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 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
10
Rank: 10 (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)
1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (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)
873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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5.3.4 French Name
coréen
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
1250 BC
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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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 Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating

Korean and Chinese Alphabets

Korean and Chinese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Chinese. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Korean and Chinese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Chinese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Korean and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Korean and Chinese Speaking population

Korean and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Korean vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Chinese Language Codes

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

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