Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Czech Republic
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Xin chào
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Cam on
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Xin lỗi
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
South Korea
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
10,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
coréen
vietnamien
German Name
Koreanisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Koreans
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1440
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
1214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
vie
ISO 639 2/B
kor
vie
ISO 639 3
Kor
vie
ISO 639 6
kor
vie
Glottocode
kore1280
viet1252
Linguasphere
45-AAA
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating