Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
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
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4020
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1910
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hello
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Night pai
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Morning pai
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Tēnā
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Aroha mai
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
poroporoaki
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Jeju
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
South Korea
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
10,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
South Korea
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
New Zealand Maori
French Name
coréen
maori
German Name
Koreanisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Māori people
Origin
Before 1st century
1814
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
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
Maori
Language Position
1226
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
mri
ISO 639 2/B
kor
mao
ISO 639 3
Kor
mri
ISO 639 6
kor
mri
Glottocode
kore1280
maor1246
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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