Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
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
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
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Marathi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Namaskar
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
kaso assa?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Not Available
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Chike
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Maf kor
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
upkar korxi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
coréen
konkani
German Name
Koreanisch
Konkani
Pronunciation
Not Available
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Koreans
Konkanis
Origin
Before 1st century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Kokani
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
goan1235
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Korean and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Konkani language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Konkani Difficulty
The Korean vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.