Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2120
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1933
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
សូម
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
សូរី
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
South Korea
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
South Korea
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
coréen
khmer central
German Name
Koreanisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
Before 1st century
14
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Khmer
Language Position
121
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
khm
ISO 639 2/B
kor
khm
ISO 639 3
Kor
khm
ISO 639 6
kor
khm
Glottocode
kore1280
khme1253
Linguasphere
45-AAA
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating