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Korean and Russian


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
Not Available   
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   
13
44 weeks   
11

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   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Novgorod   

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 %   
16
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Russians   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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