Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4053
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1943
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
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Molo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Unjani
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Molo
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndicela
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Jeju
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
South Korea
South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Thembu
Where They Speak
South Korea
South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Hlubi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
South Africa
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
129
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
coréen
xhosa
German Name
Koreanisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Koreans
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
Before 1st century
16th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
isiXhosa
Language Position
1221
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
xho
ISO 639 2/B
kor
xho
ISO 639 3
Kor
xho
ISO 639 6
kor
xho
Glottocode
kore1280
xhos1239
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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