1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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
Hallo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
dankjewel
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
goede Nacht
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
goedenavond
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
goedemorgen
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
alsjeblieft
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ik hou van jou
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
pardon
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
590,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
28.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
22.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
néerlandais; flamand
coréen
5.3.5 German Name
Niederländisch
Koreanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
AD 450-500
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
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology