Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Hangul
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
您好
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
谢谢
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
你好吗？
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
晚安
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
下午好
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
早上好
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
遗憾
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
我爱你
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
原谅我
Where They Speak
South Korea
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Xiguan
Where They Speak
South Korea
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Hong Kong
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
coréen
Not Available
German Name
Koreanisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
Origin
Before 1st century
17th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
kor
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
kor
Not Available
ISO 639 3
Kor
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
cant1236
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Cantonese language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Korean vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.