Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Henda ho
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Boge Setak’
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
দয়া করে
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
দুঃখিত
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Hariau
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Jeju
Mahali
Where They Speak
South Korea
India
How Many People Speak
10,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
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How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
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How Many People Speak
77,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
121
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
coréen
santal
German Name
Koreanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
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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
Santali
Language Position
1241
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
sat
ISO 639 2/B
kor
sat
ISO 639 3
Kor
sat
ISO 639 6
kor
sat
Glottocode
kore1280
sant1410
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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