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Korean and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
5   
10

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
alsjeblieft   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
sorry   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
vaarwel   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
coréen   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
48   
35
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
kor   

ISO 639 3
nld   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Korean Speaking population

Dutch and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Korean on Dutch vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Korean Language Codes

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

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