Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1932
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
sannu
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
gode ku
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
yaya dai
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
barka da rana
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
mai kyau safe
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Don Allah
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
yi hakuri
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
sai anjima
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Jeju
Gaananci
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ghana
How Many People Speak
10,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
South Korea
Niger
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Daragaram
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Niger
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
coréen
haoussa
German Name
Koreanisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
Before 1st century
14
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
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
Hausa
Language Position
1234
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
hau
ISO 639 2/B
kor
hau
ISO 639 3
Kor
hau
ISO 639 6
kor
hau
Glottocode
kore1280
haus1257
Linguasphere
45-AAA
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional