Countries
Burkina Faso
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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.
Similar To
Dagbani Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
821
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
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
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kia ora
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Laafi bala
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
gafare
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
gafare
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Jeju
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
South Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
moré
coréen
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Mossi
Koreans
Origin
11th Century AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
-
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Mossi
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3712
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mos
kor
ISO 639 3
mos
Kor
ISO 639 6
mos
kor
Glottocode
moss1236
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data Available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative