Countries
Nigeria
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4440
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1221
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3219
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
gode ku
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
yaya dai
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Don Allah
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
yi hakuri
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
sai anjima
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ina son ku
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Jeju
Where They Speak
Ghana
South Korea
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Niger
South Korea
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Niger
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
50.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2012
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
haoussa
coréen
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Koreans
Origin
14
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Hausa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
kor
ISO 639 2/B
hau
kor
ISO 639 3
hau
Kor
ISO 639 6
hau
kor
Glottocode
haus1257
kore1280
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative