Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1926
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
жал (žal)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Torlakian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
10,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Debar
Where They Speak
South Korea
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Galičnik
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1228
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
coréen
macédonien
German Name
Koreanisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Macedonians
Origin
Before 1st century
2200 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
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
Macedonian
Language Position
1245
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mac
ISO 639 3
Kor
mkd
ISO 639 6
kor
mkd
Glottocode
kore1280
mace1250
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic