Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1917
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
e dupe
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
e kaasan
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
e kaaro
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Jowo
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
binu
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Jeju
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
10,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Ede
Where They Speak
South Korea
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
coréen
yoruba
German Name
Koreanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Yoruba people
Origin
Before 1st century
4 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
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
Yorùbá
Language Position
1249
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
yor
ISO 639 2/B
kor
yor
ISO 639 3
Kor
yor
ISO 639 6
kor
yor
Glottocode
kore1280
yoru1245
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating