Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4032
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1917
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
hallo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Dankie
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
goeie nag
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
goeie more
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
asseblief
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
jammer
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Totsiens
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
South Korea
-
How Many People Speak
10,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
South Korea
-
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Namibia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cape Dutch
French Name
coréen
afrikaans
German Name
Koreanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Afrikaners
Origin
Before 1st century
17th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
1223
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
afr
ISO 639 2/B
kor
afr
ISO 639 3
Kor
afr
ISO 639 6
kor
afrs
Glottocode
kore1280
afri1274
Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic