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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
17   
7

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Ede   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
49   
36

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Korean and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Yoruba language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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Korean and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Yoruba language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Korean vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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