Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
sorry
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
coréen
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
AD 450-500
  
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
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic