Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4035
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2113
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
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.)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
10,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
coréen
mongol
German Name
Koreanisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Koreans
Mongols
Origin
Before 1st century
1224-1225
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
-
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
1226
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mon
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mon
ISO 639 3
Kor
mon
ISO 639 6
kor
mon
Glottocode
kore1280
mong1331
Linguasphere
45-AAA
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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