Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Akan Orthography 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
ete-sen
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
meda ase
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
maadwo
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
maaha
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
maakye
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
wae
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Kafra
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Jeju
Asante
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ghana
How Many People Speak
10,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Akuapem
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ghana
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Fante
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Ghana
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Akan
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Twi, Fante
French Name
coréen
akan
German Name
Koreanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Akan people
Origin
Before 1st century
15
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Akan
Language Position
12104
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
aka
ISO 639 2/B
kor
aka
ISO 639 3
Kor
aka
ISO 639 6
kor
aka
Glottocode
kore1280
akan1251
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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