Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4046
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1938
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
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.)
Ahoj
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dobré ráno
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Prosím
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Pardón!
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Dovidenia
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
South Korea
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
10,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
coréen
slovaque
German Name
Koreanisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Slovaks
Origin
Before 1st century
6th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Slovak
Language Position
1227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
slk
ISO 639 2/B
kor
slo
ISO 639 3
Kor
slk
ISO 639 6
kor
slk
Glottocode
kore1280
slov1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic