Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1946
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
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Mhoro
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Masikati
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Mangwanani
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndineurombo
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Jeju
Hwesa
Where They Speak
South Korea
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
10,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Karanga
Where They Speak
South Korea
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Zezuru
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
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 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
coréen
shona
German Name
Koreanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Shona people
Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Shona
Language Position
12107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
sna
ISO 639 2/B
kor
sna
ISO 639 3
Kor
sna
ISO 639 6
kor
sna
Glottocode
kore1280
core1255
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUT-a
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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