1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Benin, 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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
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.)
Ẹ n lẹ
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
e kaaro
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
binu
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Nigeria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
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
Yorùbá
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating