Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
South Korea
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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