Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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)
dankjewel
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
goedemorgen
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
sorry
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
vaarwel
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
pardon
Where They Speak
South Korea
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
South Korea
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Limburgian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
coréen
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Koreanisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Dutch people
Origin
Before 1st century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
mode1257
Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Dutch language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Dutch Difficulty
The Korean vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.