Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5340
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1021
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4319
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
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Unjani
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Molo
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ndicela
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Jeju
Where They Speak
South Africa
South Korea
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
South Africa
South Korea
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
South Africa
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
19.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
912
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
xhosa
coréen
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Koreans
Origin
16th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
kor
ISO 639 2/B
xho
kor
ISO 639 3
xho
Kor
ISO 639 6
xho
kor
Glottocode
xhos1239
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative