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Afrikaans and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
15   
12

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
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   

History

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
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Korean and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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