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Korean vs Dutch


Dutch vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
6  
9

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Hallo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
goedemorgen  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
sorry  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
coréen  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
12  
11
48  
35

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
dut  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Korean and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Dutch language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Dutch Language History.

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Korean and Dutch Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Dutch language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Dutch Difficulty

The Korean vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Dutch Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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