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Indonesian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
19  
9

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Halo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
maaf  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
coréen  
indonésien  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Indonesian  

Language Position
12  
11
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
ind  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
ind  

ISO 639 6
kor  
ind  

Glottocode
kore1280  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Korean and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Indonesian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Indonesian Language History.

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Korean and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Indonesian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Korean vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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