Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
South Africa
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
goeie more
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
jammer
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
coréen
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic
  
Korean and Afrikaans Speaking population
Korean and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Afrikaans on Korean vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Afrikaans Language Codes
Korean and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.