Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4029
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Helô
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Diolch
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Nos da
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bore da
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Hwyl
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Jeju
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
South Korea
Argentina
How Many People Speak
10,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Powys
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cymraeg
French Name
coréen
gallois
German Name
Koreanisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Welsh people
Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Welsh
Language Position
1231
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
cym
ISO 639 2/B
kor
wel
ISO 639 3
Kor
cym
ISO 639 6
kor
cym
Glottocode
kore1280
wels1247
Linguasphere
45-AAA
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional