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Afrikaans and Korean


Korean and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
South Africa   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
21   
18

How Many Consonants
17   
7
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Dankie   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
goeie more   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
asseblief   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
jammer   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Not Available   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
afrikaans   
coréen   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Koreans   

History

Origin
17th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
kor   

ISO 639 3
afr   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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All Afrikaans and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Korean Speaking population

Afrikaans and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Korean on Afrikaans vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Korean Language Codes

Afrikaans and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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