Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1919
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
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Bwakeye
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Urakoze
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Mwaramutse
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndasubiza
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
N’agasaga
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Jeju
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
South Korea
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Ha
Where They Speak
South Korea
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Shubi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.80 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
coréen
rundi
German Name
Koreanisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
Before 1st century
1500
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
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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
Kirundi
Language Position
1286
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ko
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
run
ISO 639 2/B
kor
run
ISO 639 3
Kor
run
ISO 639 6
kor
run
Glottocode
kore1280
rund1242
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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