Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Halo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Sugeng énjing
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
matur nuwun
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Jeju
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Cirebon
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Arekan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
coréen
javanais
German Name
Koreanisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
Before 1st century
450 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
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
Javanese
Language Position
1211
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
jav
ISO 639 2/B
kor
jav
ISO 639 3
Kor
jav
ISO 639 6
kor
jav
Glottocode
kore1280
java1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative