Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Apache Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1934
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
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Nízhdził
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Jeju
Navajo1
Where They Speak
South Korea
Arizona
How Many People Speak
10,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Navajo2
Where They Speak
South Korea
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Navajo3
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Utah
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Navaho
French Name
coréen
navaho
German Name
Koreanisch
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Navajo people
Origin
Before 1st century
1500 CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
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Athapascan
Branch
-
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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
Navajo
Language Position
1229
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
nav
ISO 639 2/B
kor
nav
ISO 639 3
Kor
nav
ISO 639 6
kor
nav
Glottocode
kore1280
nava1243
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic