1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
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.)
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Pamusoro
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
South Korea
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Not Available
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
Not Available