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Korean and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Russia  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Русский  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
russe  
coréen  

German Name
Russisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
7  
7
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
kor  

ISO 639 3
rus  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
rus  
kor  

Glottocode
russ1263  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Russian and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Korean Speaking population

Russian and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Korean on Russian vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Korean Language Codes

Russian and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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