1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Zambia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Zulu language
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Moni
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Zikomo
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Muli bwanji?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku wabwino
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Madzulo abwino
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masana abwino
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
pepani
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
anatsanzikana
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Ndimakukondani
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pepani
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
12.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
12.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
coréen
5.3.5 German Name
Nyanja-Sprache
Koreanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
15th Century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Chewa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative