Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4033
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
219
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1924
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sveiki
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Paldies
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Labdien
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Labrīt
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
lūdzu
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Piedodiet!
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Jeju
Livonian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Latvia
How Many People Speak
10,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Latvia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
High Latvian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Lettish
French Name
coréen
letton
German Name
Koreanisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Latvians or Letts
Origin
Before 1st century
1530
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
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
Latvian
Language Position
129
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
lav
ISO 639 2/B
kor
lav
ISO 639 3
Kor
lav
ISO 639 6
kor
lav
Glottocode
kore1280
latv1249
Linguasphere
45-AAA
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic