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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
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

South Korea

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

Not Available
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

12
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0 188
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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
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Native Speakers

77.00 million
Rank: 12 (Overall)
0.13 873
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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

Origin of Korean language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Korean language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Korean language states that it was put to use in Before 1st century. The history of Korean language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Korean Language History.The evolution of Korean language began with early forms such as Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean. Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard is the standard form of Korean language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Korean Language.

Korean population

Korean population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Korean language. Korean language is spoken by 77.00 million people in the world. Most of the Korean population lies in the Korean Speaking Countries. Korean language is spoken as first language by 77.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Korean as second language. Get to know Korean speaking population in detail.

Korean writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Korean writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Korean language. Some languages share common writing systems. Hangul script is used by Korean language. Learn more about . 

Information about Korean language

Check out all the information about Korean language here. You may find it interesting to learn Korean Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Korean Speaking Countries, Korean speaking continents and Korean Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Korean countries knowing common Korean Greetings will help you in communicating with Korean people.