Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Palau
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4099
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1914
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Sanuki
Where They Speak
South Korea
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hakata
Where They Speak
South Korea
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Kansai
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
kansai
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1231
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
日本語
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Nihongo
French Name
coréen
japonais
German Name
Koreanisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
Before 1st century
1185
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Japanese
Language Position
128
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
kor
jpn
ISO 639 3
Kor
jpn
ISO 639 6
kor
jpn
Glottocode
kore1280
nucl1643
Linguasphere
45-AAA
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic