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Korean and Croatian


Croatian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
9  
7

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Austria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
bok  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
hvala  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
kako si  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
dobro jutro  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
molim  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Oprostite  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Hrvatski  

French Name
coréen  
croate  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Croats  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
9th 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  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
12  
11
23  
21

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
kor  
hrv  

Glottocode
kore1280  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Korean and Croatian Speaking population

Korean and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Korean vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Croatian Language Codes

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

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