Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Namibia
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
afrikaans
coréen
German Name
Afrikaans
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Koreans
Origin
17th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
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
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Agglutinative
Afrikaans and Korean Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Korean language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Korean Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Korean Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.