1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Ghana, Ivory coast
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Ghana
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Akan Orthography Committee
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
- 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
Not Available
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
ete-sen
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
meda ase
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
wo ho te sɛn?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
maadwo
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
maadwo
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
maaha
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
maakye
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Kafra
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Me doכ wo
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
9,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
11.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
11.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Akan
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative