Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Jeju
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
slovenčina
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
slovaque
coréen
German Name
Slowakisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Koreans
Origin
6th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
slov1269
kore1280
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Slovak 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 Slovak and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Korean language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Korean Difficulty
The Slovak vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.