Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Romanian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
mirëdita
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
mirëmengjes
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ju lutem
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Me fal
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
mirupafshim
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Jeju
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
French Name
coréen
albanais
German Name
Koreanisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Albanians
Origin
Before 1st century
1462 AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
alba1267
Linguasphere
45-AAA
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Albanian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Albanian Difficulty
The Korean vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.