Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
sorry
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
coréen
  
somali
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Somalis
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available