Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.