Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4057
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1950
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
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Sawubona
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
unjani
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Jeju
Qwabe
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Ndebele
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
coréen
zoulou
German Name
Koreanisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Zulu people
Origin
Before 1st century
19
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Deep Zulu
Language Position
1287
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
zul
ISO 639 2/B
kor
zul
ISO 639 3
Kor
zul
ISO 639 6
kor
zul
Glottocode
kore1280
zulu1248
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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