Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4052
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
-
How Many People Speak
10,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
-
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
coréen
sanskrit
German Name
Koreanisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
Before 1st century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Sanskrit
Language Position
1223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
san
ISO 639 2/B
kor
san
ISO 639 3
Kor
san
ISO 639 6
kor
san
Glottocode
kore1280
sans1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic