Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2840
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
821
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2019
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
103
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
谢谢
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
你好吗？
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
晚安
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
晚上好
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
下午好
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
早上好
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
请
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
遗憾
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
再见
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
我爱你
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
原谅我
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Jeju
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
South Korea
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Korea
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
70,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
52.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
71.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
cantonais
coréen
German Name
Kantonesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Koreans
Origin
17th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Korean Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
kor
ISO 639 2/B
yue
kor
ISO 639 3
No data available
Kor
ISO 639 6
yue
kor
Glottocode
cant1236
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative