Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1927
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
South Korea
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
South Korea
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Central Lao
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Laos
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
coréen
lao
German Name
Koreanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Koreans
Lao people
Origin
Before 1st century
1283 CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Lao
Language Position
1243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
lao
ISO 639 2/B
kor
lao
ISO 639 3
Kor
lao
ISO 639 6
kor
lao
Glottocode
kore1280
laoo1244
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating