Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Salama!
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Misaotra
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Maraina tsara
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
azafady
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Miala tsiny
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Veloma!
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Jeju
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
South Korea
Merina
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
South Korea
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
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How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
coréen
malgache
German Name
Koreanisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Malagasy people
Origin
Before 1st century
1000 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
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
standard Malagasy
Language Position
1284
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mlg
ISO 639 3
Kor
mlg
ISO 639 6
kor
mlg
Glottocode
kore1280
mala1537
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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