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Korean vs 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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Dutch and Korean Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Korean language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Korean Language History.

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Dutch and Korean Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Korean language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Korean Difficulty

The Dutch vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Korean Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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