Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
65
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46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Hello
Hallo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
dankjewel
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
goedenavond
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
alsjeblieft
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
vaarwel
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
pardon
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Origin
AD 450-500
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
4812
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual