Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Iran
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Not Available
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Luri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
hello
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
how are you
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good night
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good evening
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Good morning
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Please
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
sorry
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
bye
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
i love you
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
excuse me
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Feyli lurish
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Bakhtiari
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
3,000,000.00
  
18
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Laki
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
20
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
0.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
0.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.00 million
  
10
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
nanme
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Lori, Luri, Luristani
  
French Name
coréen
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Lurs
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
gd
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
gd
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
12
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
12
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
12
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Korean and Luri 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 Luri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Luri language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Luri word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Luri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Luri Difficulty
The Korean vs Luri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Luri 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 Luri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Luri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Luri time required is 25 weeks.