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Slovak and Korean


Korean and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
21  
18

How Many Consonants
38  
27
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
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
Ahoj  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Prosím  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
slovenčina  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
slovaque  
coréen  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Koreans  

History

Origin
6th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
27  
25
12  
11

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
kor  

ISO 639 3
slk  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
slk  
kor  

Glottocode
slov1269  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Slovak 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 Slovak and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Korean Speaking population

Slovak and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % 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 Slovak and Korean on Slovak vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Korean Language Codes

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

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