Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4034
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1924
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.)
akkam
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Maaloo
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
naa dhiisi
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Jeju
Borana
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
10,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Orma
Where They Speak
South Korea
Kenya
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Wata
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kenya
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1217
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
coréen
galla
German Name
Koreanisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Oromos
Origin
Before 1st century
16
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
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
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
1291
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ko
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
orm
ISO 639 2/B
kor
orm
ISO 639 3
Kor
orm
ISO 639 6
kor
orm
Glottocode
kore1280
nucl1736
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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