Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei 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
1915
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Khurumjari
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Nongale haugatl
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Saobiganu
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Chatcharage
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Jeju
Loi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Pangal
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
coréen
Meithei
German Name
Koreanisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Meithei people
Origin
Before 1st century
1700
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
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
Standard Meithei
Language Position
1238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mni
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mni
ISO 639 3
Kor
mni
ISO 639 6
kor
mni
Glottocode
kore1280
mani1292
Linguasphere
45-AAA
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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