1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
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
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Molo
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Ndiyabulela
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Unjani
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Molo
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Uxolo
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
South Africa
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
20.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.20 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
16th Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Korean Sign Language
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-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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