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Ukrainian vs Korean


Korean vs Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Ukraine   
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
будь ласк   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
ukrainien   
coréen   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1561   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
26   
22
12   
11

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
kor   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Ukrainian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Korean language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Korean Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Korean Difficulty

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

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