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Hebrew and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Israel  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Israel  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Israel  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Poland  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Academy of the Hebrew Language  

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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Arabic and Aramaic languages  

Derived From
-  
Aramaic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
22  
4

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
0  

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Hangul  
Hebrew  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
שלום (Shalom)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
תודה (Toda)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
בבקשה (bevekshah)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
סליחה! (Slicha)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
להתראות (Lehitraot)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
בבקשה!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Ashkenazi Hebrew  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Samaritan Hebrew  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Israel, Palestine  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Yemenite Hebrew  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Israel  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
9.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
4.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
5.60 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Israeli, Ivrit  

French Name
coréen  
hébreu  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Hebräisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Hebrew-speaking people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1000 BC  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Canaanitic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Hebrew  

Language Position
12  
11
23  
21

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Hebrew  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
he  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
heb  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
heb  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
heb  

ISO 639 6
kor  
heb  

Glottocode
kore1280  
hebr1246  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
12-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Korean and Hebrew Speaking population

Korean and Hebrew speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Hebrew languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Hebrew Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hebrew language is 0.11 %. 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 Hebrew on Korean vs Hebrew where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Hebrew Language Codes

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

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