Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
terima kasih
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
sila
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
maaf
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Jeju
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
30,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2412
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
malais
coréen
German Name
Malaiisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Koreans
Origin
c. 683 AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
5412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
kor
ISO 639 2/B
may
kor
ISO 639 3
zsm
Kor
ISO 639 6
may
kor
Glottocode
stan1306
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative