Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Cuba
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
French Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1920
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Bonjou
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Mèsi
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bon apre-midi
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Souple
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Dezole
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Babay
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Jeju
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
South Korea
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
10,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
South Korea
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Cayes
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
coréen
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Koreanisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Haitians
Origin
Before 1st century
17th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European 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
Haitian Creole
Language Position
1299
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
hat
ISO 639 2/B
kor
hat
ISO 639 3
Kor
hat
ISO 639 6
kor
hat
Glottocode
kore1280
hait1244
Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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