Korean
Korean is the language spoken in
North and South Korea. More than half the words of the language are of
Chinese origin. There are 75,000,000 speakers in all countries, with
62,000,000 being in Korea. It is spoken by small numbers of peoples in
many countries and in significant numbers in; Russia, China, Germany,
Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Kyrdhyzstan, United States, Tajikistan, Singapore,
Canada, Uzbekistan, Paraguay, Japan & Turkmenistan. It is the national
language of both North and South Korea.
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