Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Poland
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4022
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
210
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1922
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Hangul
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
South Korea
Israel
How Many People Speak
10,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
South Korea
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Israel
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
127
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
coréen
hébreu
German Name
Koreanisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
Before 1st century
1000 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
1223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
heb
ISO 639 2/B
kor
heb
ISO 639 3
Kor
heb
ISO 639 6
kor
heb
Glottocode
kore1280
hebr1246
Linguasphere
45-AAA
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic