1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
kedụ
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
dalụ
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
kedụ ka ịmere
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
ka chi fo
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
mgbede ọma
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
ehihie ọma
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
ụtụtụ ọma
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndo
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ngọpụ
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
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 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Ibo
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
30th Century BC
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard Igbo
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative