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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Japan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Japan
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Palau
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Korean Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
99
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
14
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Kana
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)
5
Rank: 4 (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.)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
おはよう (Ohayō)
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
すみません (Sumimasen)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Sanuki
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Kagawa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
1,000,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hakata
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Fukuoka
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Kansai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
kansai
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
31
Rank: 25 (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)
128.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
1.90 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
128.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
日本語
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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5.3.4 French Name
coréen
japonais
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Japanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Japanese (Yamato)
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
1185
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Japonic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Japanese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 8 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Japanese
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
ja
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
jpn
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
jpn
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
jpn
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
nucl1643
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
45-CAA-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic

Korean and Japanese Alphabets

Korean and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Japanese. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Korean and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Korean and Japanese Speaking population

Korean and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Korean vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Japanese Language Codes

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

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