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Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea, where it is spoken by about 78 million people. Korean has its own alphabet, called Hangul. The genealogical classification of the Korean language is debated. Some linguists place it in the Altaic language family, while others consider it to be a language isolate. It is also considered likely that Korean is related in some way to Japanese.
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Korean > English: 5,663 words
English > Korean: 6,169 words
Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: September 28, 2007
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