안녕하세요!
say it: “ahn-yong-hah-seh-yo”
Korean
in its own words: 한국어
- Speakers
- 82 million (estimate)
- Family
- Koreanic
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea, Russian Federation
- Script
- Korean
- Official language
- North Korea, South Korea, People's Republic of China (regional)
Fun fact
Hangul was created in 1443 under King Sejong. The shapes of the consonant letters schematically depict the position of the speech organs.