1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Burma
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Burundi, Gambia
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kinyarwanda Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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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.)
Bwakeye
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Urakoze
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Urakomeye?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ijoro ryiza
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Mwiriwe
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Mwiriwe
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Mwaramutse
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndagusavye
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Not available
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00990,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Tanzania
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA153,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million8.80 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million8.80 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
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
Kirundi
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