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Malaysian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
24  
14

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Musi  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
98.00 million  
8

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  

History

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
12  
11
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Korean and Malaysian Speaking population

Korean and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Korean vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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