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Yoruba and Korean


Korean and Yoruba


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Nigeria  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
21  
18

How Many Consonants
17  
7
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
e dupe  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Jowo  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
binu  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
bye  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 2
Ede  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Yorùbá  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
yoruba  
coréen  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
4 BC  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
49  
36
12  
11

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
kor  

ISO 639 3
yor  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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All Yoruba and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Yoruba and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Korean Speaking population

Yoruba and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Yoruba and Korean on Yoruba vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Korean Language Codes

Yoruba and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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