Contrastive Table of Country Names

Romanising method is Yale System.
Country names in South Korean are based on "sa-hoy-kwa pwu-to"(seng-ci-mwun-hwa-sa, 1997), contry names in North Korean are based on "choy-sin co-sen-ci-to"(hak-wu-se-pang, 1999).

Korean(South)      Korean(North)


1. Asia

South Korean North Korean
Countries Capitals Countries Capitals
ney-phal
  (Nepal)
kha-thu-man-twu
  (Kathmandu)
(the same as South Korean) kka-ttu-man-twu
ley-pa-non
  (Lebanon)
pey-i-lwu-thu
  (Bayrut)
(the same as South Korean) pa-i-lwu-thu
mal-ley-i-si-a
  (Malaysia)
khwal-la-lwum-phwu-lu
  (Kuala Lumpur)
(the same as South Korean) kkwu-al-la-lwum-ppwu-lu
mol-ti-pu
  (Maldives)
mal-ley
  (Male)
mal-ti-pu (the same as South Korean)
mong-kol
  (Mongolia)
wul-lan-pa-tho-lu
  (Ulaanbaatar)
(the same as South Korean) wul-lan-pa-tta-lu
mi-yan-ma
  (Myanmar)
yang-kon
  (Yangon)
myan-ma (the same as South Korean)
pang-kul-la-tey-si
  (Bangladesh)
ta-kha
  (Dhaka)
pang-kul-la-tey-syu (the same as South Korean)
pey-thu-nam
  (Vietnam)
ha-no-i
  (Hanoi)
weyth-nam (the same as South Korean)
si-li-a
  (Syria)
ta-ma-su-khe-su
  (Dimashq)
swu-li-a ti-ma-su-kku
a-lap-ey-mi-li-thu-
yen-hap-kwuk
  (United Arab Emirates)
a-pwu-ta-pi
  (Abu Zaby)
a-lap-chwu-cang-kwuk-
lyen-pang
(the same as South Korean)
o-man
  (Oman)
ma-su-kha-thu
  (Masqat)
(the same as South Korean) ma-su-kka-thu
wu-cu-pey-khi-su-than
  (Uzbekistan)
tha-syu-kheyn-thu
  (Tashkent)
wu-cu-pey-kki-su-ttan tta-ssyu-kkeyn-ttu
in-to
  (India)
nyu-teyl-li
  (New Delhi)
in-ti-a (the same as South Korean)
il-pon
  (Japan)
to-khyo
  (Tokyo)
(the same as South Korean) to-kkyo
kha-ca-hu-su-than
  (Kazakhstan)
a-su-tha-na
  (Astana)
kka-ca-hu-su-ttan a-su-tta-na
kham-po-ti-a
  (Cambodia)
phu-nom-pheyn
  (Phnom Penh)
kham-po-cya phu-nom-ppeyn
khi-phu-lo-su
  (Cyprus)
ni-kho-si-a
  (Nicosia)
kki-ppu-lo-su (the same as South Korean)
tha-ci-khi-su-than
  (Tajikistan)
twu-syan-pey
  (Dushanbe)
tta-cwi-kki-su-ttan tyu-san-pey
thay-kwuk
  (Thailand)
pang-khok
  (Bangkok)
tha-i pang-kho-khu
the-khi
  (Turkey)
ang-kha-la
  (Ankara)
ttwi-lu-kki-yey (the same as South Korean)
thwu-lu-khu-mey-ni-su-than
  (Turkmenistan)
a-syu-ha-pa-thu
  (Ashkhabad)
ttwu-lu-khu-mey-ni-su-ttan a-syu-ha-pa-tu

Unofficially Mongolia is called "mong-ko", Vietnam "wel-nam", and Turkey "tho-i-ki", that are words of Chinese origin.

2. Europe

South Korean North Korean
Countries Capitals Countries Capitals
ku-lwu-ci-ya
  (Georgia)
thu-pil-li-si
  (Tbilisi)
(the same as South Korean) ttu-pil-li-ssi
ney-tel-lan-tu
  (Netherlands)
am-su-they-lu-tam
  (Amsterdam)
ney-tey-lul-lan-tu (the same as South Korean)
teyn-ma-khu
  (Denmark)
kho-pheyn-ha-keyn
  (Copenhagen)
tan-ma-lu-khu khoy-ppeyn-ha-pun
tok-il
  (Germany)
pey-lul-lin
  (Berlin)
to-i-chwil-lan-tu (the same as South Korean)
la-thu-pi-a
  (Latvia)
li-ka
  (Riga)
la-ttu-pi-a (the same as South Korean)
le-si-a
  (Russia)
mo-su-khu-pa
  (Moscow)
lo-ssi-ya (the same as South Korean)
lwu-ma-ni-a
  (Romania)
pwu-khwu-ley-syu-thi
  (Bucharest)
lo-mu-ni-a pwu-kkwu-ley-syu-tti
lwuk-seym-pwu-lu-khu
  (Luxembourg)
lwuk-seym-pwu-lu-khu
  (Luxembourg)
lwuk-seym-pwu-lu-ku lwuk-seym-pwu-lu-ku
li-thwu-a-ni-a
  (Lithuania)
pil-nyu-su
  (Vilnius)
li-ttu-pa wil-nyu-su
mo-na-kho
  (Monaco)
mo-na-kho
  (Monaco)
mo-na-kko mo-na-kko
mol-to-pa
  (Moldova)
khi-si-ney-phu
  (Chisinau)
(the same as South Korean) kki-swi-nyo-pu
mol-tha
  (Malta)
pal-ley-tha
  (Valletta)
mal-tta wal-ley-tta
pa-thi-khan
  (Vatican)
pa-thi-khan
  (Vatican)
pa-thi-kka-no pa-thi-kka-no
peyl-ki-ey
  (Belgium)
pu-lwi-seyl
  (Brussels)
peyl-ci-kku pu-lyu-sseyl
peyl-lo-lwu-si
  (Belarus)
min-su-khu
  (Minsk)
peyl-la-lwu-ssi (the same as South Korean)
po-su-ni-a-
hey-lu-chey-ko-pi-na
  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
sa-la-yey-po
  (Sarajevo)
po-su-ni-a-
hey-lu-ccey-ko-pi-na
ssa-la-yey-po
san-ma-li-no
  (San Marino)
san-ma-li-no
  (San Marino)
ssan-ma-li-no ssan-ma-li-no
su-wey-teyn
  (Sweden)
su-thok-hol-lum
  (Stockholm)
su-wey-li-yey (the same as South Korean)
sul-lo-pa-khi-a
  (Slovakia)
pu-la-thi-sul-la-pa
  (Bratislava)
sul-lo-peyn-su-kko pu-la-cci-sul-la-pa
a-lu-mey-ni-a
  (Armenia)
yey-ley-pan
  (Yerevan)
a-lu-mey-ni-ya (the same as South Korean)
a-i-sul-lan-tu
  (Iceland)
ley-i-khya-pi-khu
  (Reykjavik)
i-sul-lan-tu (the same as South Korean)
a-cey-lu-pa-i-can
  (Azerbaijan)
pa-khwu
  (Baku)
a-cey-lu-pa-i-cyan pa-kkwu
ey-su-tho-ni-a
  (Estonia)
thal-lin
  (Tallinn)
ey-su-tto-ni-ya ttal-lin
ey-su-pha-nya
  (Spain)
ma-tu-li-tu
  (Madrid)
ey-su-ppa-nya (the same as South Korean)
o-su-thu-li-a
  (Austria)
pin
  (Vienna)
(the same as South Korean) win
wu-khu-la-i-na
  (Ukraine)
khi-yey-phu
  (Kiev)
(the same as South Korean) kki-yey-pu
i-thal-li-a
  (Italy)
lo-ma
  (Rome)
i-ttal-li-a (the same as South Korean)
chey-kho
  (Czech)
phu-la-ha
  (Prague)
chey-su-kko ppu-la-ha
pho-lu-thwu-kal
  (Portugal)
li-su-pon
  (Lisbon)
ppo-lu-ttwu-kal li-su-pong
phol-lan-tu
  (Poland)
pa-lu-sya-pa
  (Warsaw)
ppol-su-kka wa-lu-sya-wa
phu-lan-su
  (France)
pha-li
  (Paris)
(the same as South Korean) ppa-li
heng-ka-li
  (Hungary)
pwu-ta-phey-su-thu
  (Budapest)
ma-cya-lu pwu-ta-ppey-syu-ttu

Unofficially Greece is called "huy-lap", Netherlands "hwa-lan", Spain "se-pan-a", Italy "i-thay-li", and France "pwul-lan-se", that are words of Chinese origin.

3. Africa

South Korean North Korean
Countries Capitals Countries Capitals
ki-ni-pi-sa-wu
  (Guinea-Bissau)
pi-sa-wu
  (Bissau)
ki-ney--pi-ssa-wu pi-ssa-wu
kha-po-pey-lu-tey
  (Cape Verde)
phu-la-i-a
  (Praia)
pey-lu-tey-kap ppu-la-ya
na-i-ci-li-a
  (Nigeria)
a-pwu-ca
  (Abuja)
na-i-cey-li-a a-pwu-cya
la-i-pey-li-a
  (Liberia)
mon-lo-pi-a
  (Monrovia)
li-pey-li-a (the same as South Korean)
ma-ta-ka-su-kha-lu
  (Madagascar)
an-tha-na-na-li-po
  (Antananarivo)
ma-ta-ka-su-kka-lu an-tta-na-na-li-pwu
mo-cam-pi-khu
  (Mozambique)
ma-phwu-tho
  (Maputo)
mo-cam-pi-kku ma-ppwu-tto
sey-ney-kal
  (Senegal)
ta-kha-lu
  (Dakar)
(the same as South Korean) ta-kka-lu
al-cey-li
  (Algeria)
al-cey
  (Algiers)
(the same as South Korean) al-cwa-ca-i-lu
i-cip-thu
  (Egypt)
kha-i-lo
  (Cairo)
ey-ciph-thu kka-hi-la
cha-tu
  (Chad)
un-ca-mey-na
  (N'Djamena)
chya-tu nu-cya-mey-na
khey-nya
  (Kenya)
na-i-lo-pi
  (Nairobi)
khey-ni-a (the same as South Korean)
kho-thu-ti-pu-a-lu
  (Cote D'ivoire)
a-pi-cang
  (Abidjan)
kko-ttu-ti-pwa-lu a-pi-cyang
thwi-ni-ci
  (Tunisia)
thwi-ni-su
  (Tunis)
ttyu-ni-ci ttyu-ni-su

Unofficially Egypt is called "ay-kup", a word of Chinese origin.

4. America and Oceania

South Korean North Korean
Countries Capitals Countries Capitals
ku-ley-na-ta
  (Grenada)
sey-in-thu-co-ci-su
  (Saint George's)
ku-ley-ney-i-te ssey-in-thu-cyo-ci-su
meyk-si-kho
  (Mexico)
meyk-si-kho-si-thi
  (Mexico City)
mey-hi-kko mey-hi-kko
mi-kwuk
  (USA)
we-sing-then
  (Washington)
(the same as South Korean) we-sing-thon
a-lu-heyn-thi-na
  (Argentina)
pwu-ey-no-su-a-i-ley-su
  (Buenos Aires)
a-lu-hen-tti-na (the same as South Korean)
ey-khwa-to-lu
  (Ecuador)
khi-tho
  (Quito)
ey-kkwa-to-lu kki-tto
khay-na-ta
  (Canada)
o-tha-wa
  (Ottawa)
kha-na-ta (the same as South Korean)
khwu-pa
  (Cuba)
a-pa-na
  (Havana)
kkwu-pa (the same as South Korean)
se-sa-mo-a
  (Samoa)
a-phi-a
  (Apia)
se-pwu-sa-mo-a (the same as South Korean)
o-su-thu-ley-il-li-a
  (Australia)
khayn-pe-la
  (Canberra)
o-su-thu-lal-li-a khayn-pey-la

Unofficially Australia is called "ho-cwu", a word of Chinese origin.


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