Countries
India
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
India
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Old German Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5240
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1621
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3619
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Not present
Jeju
Where They Speak
-
South Korea
How Many People Speak
140,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
-
South Korea
How Many People Speak
140,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
-
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
140,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.10 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
sanskrit
coréen
German Name
Sanskrit
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Koreans
Origin
2000 B.C.
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2312
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
kor
ISO 639 2/B
san
kor
ISO 639 3
san
Kor
ISO 639 6
san
kor
Glottocode
sans1269
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative