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Chewa and Korean


Korean and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
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
Zambia   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • 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
Zulu language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
18   
8
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Chonde   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
pepani   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
안녕 (annyeong)   

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

Excuse Me
Pepani   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
Nyanja   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
coréen   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
15th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
kor   

ISO 639 3
nya   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Chewa 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 Chewa and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chewa and Korean Speaking population

Chewa and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % 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 Chewa and Korean on Chewa vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Korean Language Codes

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

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