1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
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.)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.004,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million400.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European 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
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed English
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic