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Serbian vs Korean


Korean vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
Молим (Molim)   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
serbe   
coréen   

German Name
Serbisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Koreans   

History

Origin
11th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
44   
33
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
kor   

ISO 639 3
srp   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Serbian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Korean language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Serbian and Korean Language History.

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

Serbian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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