Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
hallo
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Dankie
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
goeie nag
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
goeie more
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
asseblief
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
jammer
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Not Available
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cape Dutch
French Name
coréen
afrikaans
German Name
Koreanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Afrikaners
Origin
Before 1st century
17th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
kore1280
afri1274
Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
Korean and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Afrikaans language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Korean vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.