Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4047
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
218
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1922
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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.)
pranam
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Suprabhaat
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
kripaya
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
maf karai
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Alavidā
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Jeju
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nepal
How Many People Speak
10,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Madhubani
Where They Speak
South Korea
North India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Khortha
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1215
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million27.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
coréen
maithili
German Name
Koreanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Maithil
Origin
Before 1st century
14th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
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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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
1240
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mai
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mai
ISO 639 3
Kor
mai
ISO 639 6
kor
mai
Glottocode
kore1280
mait1250
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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