Countries
European Union, Slovenia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2540
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Hvala
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Lahko noč
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Dober večer
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Prosim
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Oprostite
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Nasvidenje
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ljubim te
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Jeju
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
80,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Italy
South Korea
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Slovenia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
slovène
coréen
German Name
Slowenisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Koreans
Origin
972-1093
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Slovene
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2812
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
kor
ISO 639 2/B
slv
kor
ISO 639 3
slv
Kor
ISO 639 6
slv
kor
Glottocode
slov1268
kore1280
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative