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Russian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Russki  

French Name
coréen  
russe  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Russians  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
12  
11
7  
7

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
rus  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
rus  

ISO 639 6
kor  
rus  

Glottocode
kore1280  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Korean and Russian Speaking population

Korean and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Korean vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Russian Language Codes

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

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