Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
pole
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
bye
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
coréen
  
swahili
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
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
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Korean and Swahili Speaking population
Korean and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Korean and Swahili on Korean vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Swahili Language Codes
Korean and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.