Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Thailand
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4026
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1924
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hai
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
terima kasih
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Selamat pagi
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
sila
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
maaf
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Jeju
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Pekal
Where They Speak
South Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Musi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1224
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
coréen
malais
German Name
Koreanisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Malaysian people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
1254
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
msa
ISO 639 2/B
kor
may
ISO 639 3
Kor
zsm
ISO 639 6
kor
may
Glottocode
kore1280
stan1306
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative