Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
United Kingdom
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4018
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1913
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 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
le do thoil
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Tá brón orm
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Slán
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Jeju
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Connacht
How Many People Speak
10,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Munster
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Ulster
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
coréen
irlandais moyen
German Name
Koreanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Irish people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 750
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
1225
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
gle
ISO 639 2/B
kor
gle
ISO 639 3
Kor
gle
ISO 639 6
kor
gle
Glottocode
kore1280
iris1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional