Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
55
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4027
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
tolong
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Pamit
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kangean
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Bawean
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
coréen
madourais
German Name
Koreanisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Madurese
Origin
Before 1st century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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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
Madurese
Language Position
1269
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mad
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mad
ISO 639 3
Kor
mad
ISO 639 6
kor
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Glottocode
kore1280
madu1247
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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