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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
Not Available   
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   
13
44 weeks   
11

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   
31

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

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 %   
16
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Hrvatski   

French Name
coréen   
croate   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Croats   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
9th century   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
19

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

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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