Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institute for the Bulgarian 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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4030
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
216
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
10,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Pirdop
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1258
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Balgarski
French Name
coréen
bulgare
German Name
Koreanisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Bulgarian people
Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
1288
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
bul
ISO 639 2/B
kor
bul
ISO 639 3
Kor
bul
ISO 639 6
kor
buls
Glottocode
kore1280
bulg1262
Linguasphere
45-AAA
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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