Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4025
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
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
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Halo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Hvala
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Dober dan
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dobro jutro
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Prosim
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Oprostite
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Jeju
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
South Korea
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
10,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Resian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Italy
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Styrian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1248
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million2.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
coréen
slovène
German Name
Koreanisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Slovenes
Origin
Before 1st century
972-1093
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
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
Slovene
Language Position
1228
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
slv
ISO 639 2/B
kor
slv
ISO 639 3
Kor
slv
ISO 639 6
kor
slv
Glottocode
kore1280
slov1268
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional