Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Ireland
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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Munster
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Ulster
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Irish people
Origin
Before 1st century
c. 750
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Celtic
Branch
Not Available
Goidelic
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
iris1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
50-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Korean and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Irish language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Irish Difficulty
The Korean vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.