1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Japan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Japan
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Palau
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
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, Top-To-Bottom
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
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
kansai
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
128.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
128.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Japonic 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 Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Japanese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative