Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
binu
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
bye
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
coréen
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Korean and Yoruba Speaking population
Korean and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Yoruba on Korean vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Yoruba Language Codes
Korean and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.