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Korean and Konkani


Konkani and Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Hangul  
Devanagari  

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  
19
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Chike  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Maf kor  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Adeus  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
coréen  
konkani  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

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  
Kokani  

Language Position
12  
11
23  
21

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
kok  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
kok  

ISO 639 6
kor  
kok  

Glottocode
kore1280  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Korean and Konkani Speaking population

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

Korean and Konkani Language Codes

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

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