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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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