Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
218
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1929
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Silaw
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Sipas
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bayanit bash
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bibûre
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Korea
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
coréen
kurde
German Name
Koreanisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Kurds
Origin
Before 1st century
16th century CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Kurdish
Language Position
1214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
kur
ISO 639 2/B
kor
kur
ISO 639 3
Kor
kur
ISO 639 6
kor
kur
Glottocode
kore1280
kurd1259
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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