Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4048
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1939
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
dobry dzień
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Dabranač
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Kali laska
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Vybačajcie
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
da pabačennia
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Jeju
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Korea
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
10,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
South Korea
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
coréen
biélorusse
German Name
Koreanisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Belarusians
Origin
Before 1st century
18th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Belarusian
Language Position
1279
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
bel
ISO 639 2/B
kor
bel
ISO 639 3
Kor
bel
ISO 639 6
kor
bel
Glottocode
kore1280
bela1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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