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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian

Total No. Of Countries

465
0 46
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National Language

Spain
North Korea, South Korea

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
The National Institute of the Korean Language

Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Chinese and Japanese languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2740
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

521
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2219
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

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)

Thank You

Gracias
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)

Good Night

Buenas Noches
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)

Good Morning

Buenos Días
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)

Please

Por Favor
하십시오 (hasibsio)

Sorry

triste
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)

Bye

adiós
안녕 (annyeong)

I Love You

Te Quiero
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Jeju

Where They Speak

Mexico
South Korea

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

Cuba
South Korea

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2112
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million77.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million77.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
한국어 (조선말)

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh

French Name

espagnol; castillan
coréen

German Name

Spanisch
Koreanisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[hangukmal]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Koreans

History

Origin

210 BC
Before 1st century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard

Language Position

212
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
ko

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
kor

ISO 639 2/B

spa
kor

ISO 639 3

spa
Kor

ISO 639 6

spa
kor

Glottocode

stan1288
kore1280

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
45-AAA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

Spanish vs Korean Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Spanish vs Korean speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Spanish or Korean language.

  • Spanish is spoken as a national language in: Spain.
  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.

You will also get to know the continents where Spanish and Korean speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Spanish language is 2 and position of Korean language is 12. Find all the information about these languages on Spanish and Korean.

Spanish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Korean language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Korean Language History.

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

Spanish vs Korean Difficulty

The Spanish vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.