1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Burma
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- 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
Kinyarwanda 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
Not Available
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
Bwakeye
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Urakoze
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Urakomeye?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Mwiriwe
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Mwaramutse
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Ndagusavye
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
Not available
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Not available
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
990,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Tanzania
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
153,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
8.80 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.80 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
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo 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
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Kirundi
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative