1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
I love you
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Gyeongsang
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 millionNA
0.01
400
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
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative