1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
asseblief
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Hamgyŏng
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology