1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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.)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Molo
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Uxolo
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
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
South Africa
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
16th 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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
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
Not Available