Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Where They Speak
Netherlands
South Korea
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
South Korea
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
coréen
German Name
Niederländisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Koreans
Origin
AD 450-500
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Dutch 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 Dutch and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Korean language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Korean Difficulty
The Dutch vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.