Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1916
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
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hoy
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Salamat
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Maayong Buntag
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Palihug
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Babay
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Jeju
Boholano
Where They Speak
South Korea
Bohol
How Many People Speak
10,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
South Korea
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
North Kana
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
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 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
coréen
cebuano
German Name
Koreanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Cebuano people
Origin
Before 1st century
16th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
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
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
1262
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
kor
ceb
ISO 639 3
Kor
ceb
ISO 639 6
kor
ceb
Glottocode
kore1280
cebu1242
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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