Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2111
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1933
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Khariboli
Where They Speak
South Korea
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
10,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Marwari
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Bundeli
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
coréen
hindi
German Name
Koreanisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Hindustani people
Origin
Before 1st century
7th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Hindi
Language Position
125
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
hin
ISO 639 2/B
kor
hin
ISO 639 3
Kor
hin
ISO 639 6
kor
hins
Glottocode
kore1280
hind1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic