Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4030
18
247
👆🏻
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ħello
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Grazzi
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kif int?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Skużani!
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Ċaw
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Qormi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malta
How Many People Speak
10,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Żejtun
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malta
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not Present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
-
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Malti
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Malti
French Name
coréen
maltais
German Name
Koreanisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Maltese
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1470
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
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
Maltese
Language Position
1225
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mlt
ISO 639 3
Kor
mlt
ISO 639 6
kor
mlt
Glottocode
kore1280
malt1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic