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Amharic vs Korean


Korean vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Ethiopia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
21  
18

How Many Consonants
31  
21
19  
9

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
i'bakwon  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
tschao  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Showa  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
amharique  
coréen  

German Name
Amharisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Koreans  

History

Origin
13th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
55  
40
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
kor  

ISO 639 3
amh  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Amharic and Korean Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Korean language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Amharic and Korean Language History.

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

Amharic vs Korean Difficulty

The Amharic vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Korean 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 Amharic and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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