1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
North Korea, South Korea
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Ẹ n lẹ
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
e dupe
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
binu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
28.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Koreanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
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
Yorùbá
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
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
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative