Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3240
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1521
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1719
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Dankie
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
goeie nag
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
goeie more
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
asseblief
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
jammer
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Totsiens
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Jeju
Where They Speak
-
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
-
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Namibia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
7.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
afrikaans
coréen
German Name
Afrikaans
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Koreans
Origin
17th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2312
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
kor
ISO 639 2/B
afr
kor
ISO 639 3
afr
Kor
ISO 639 6
afrs
kor
Glottocode
afri1274
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative