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Korean vs Slovene


Slovene vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Halo   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
Prosim   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Oprostite   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Resian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
48   
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
coréen   
slovène   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
972-1093   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Slovene   

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
slv   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Korean and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Slovene language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Slovene Language History.

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Korean and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Slovene language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Slovene Difficulty

The Korean vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.

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