Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
56
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1923
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hola
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Gràcies
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Bona nit
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bon dia
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sisplau
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Perdó!
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Adéu
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Caló
Where They Speak
South Korea
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Valencian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Spain
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Spain
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
català
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
coréen
catalan; valencien
German Name
Koreanisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Koreans
Catalan people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 1028
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
1232
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
cat
ISO 639 2/B
kor
cat
ISO 639 3
Kor
cat
ISO 639 6
kor
cat
Glottocode
kore1280
stan1289
Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-