Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1941
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
South Korea
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
10,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Mappila
Where They Speak
South Korea
India
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
coréen
malayalam
German Name
Koreanisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Malayali
Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early form
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Malayalam
Language Position
1229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mal
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mal
ISO 639 3
Kor
mal
ISO 639 6
kor
mal
Glottocode
kore1280
mala1464
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic