Countries
Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
40
Rank: 21 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
21
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Jeju
Where They Speak
South Korea
How Many People Speak
10,000.00
Rank: 49 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
South Korea
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
coréen
German Name
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
History
Origin
Before 1st century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
12
Rank: 11 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
ISO 639 2/B
kor
ISO 639 3
Kor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
Linguasphere
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative