1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
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
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
hallo
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
goeie more
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
jammer
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology