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Korean and Swahili


Swahili and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
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  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
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  

History

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
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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

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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.

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