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Ukrainian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
coréen  
ukrainien  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1561  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
12  
11
26  
24

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
kor  
ukr  

Glottocode
kore1280  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

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 Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Ukrainian Speaking population

Korean and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Korean vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Ukrainian Language Codes

Korean and Ukrainian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Ukrainian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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