Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Indonesia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Halo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Nuhun
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Mangga
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Hapunten
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Punten
Dialect 1
Jeju
Western dialect
Where They Speak
South Korea
Banten
How Many People Speak
10,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bogor
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Bandung
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
coréen
soundanais
German Name
Koreanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
Before 1st century
5th century AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
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
Sundanese
Language Position
1242
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
sun
ISO 639 2/B
kor
sun
ISO 639 3
Kor
sun
ISO 639 6
kor
sun
Glottocode
kore1280
sund1251
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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