Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2132
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1944
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Isan
Where They Speak
South Korea
Isan
How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
South Korea
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
129
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
coréen
thaï
German Name
Koreanisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
Before 1st century
1283 CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Thai
Language Position
1247
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
tha
ISO 639 2/B
kor
tha
ISO 639 3
Kor
tha
ISO 639 6
kor
tha
Glottocode
kore1280
thai1261
Linguasphere
45-AAA
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating