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Korean vs Amharic


Amharic vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Ethiopia  

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  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
31  
21

Scripts
Hangul  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Selam  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
aznallehu  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
tschao  

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

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Ethiopia  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Showa  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
coréen  
amharique  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Amharas  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
13th century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Ge'ez  

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

Language Position
12  
11
55  
40

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
amh  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Amharic language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Amharic Language History.

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Korean and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Amharic language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Amharic Difficulty

The Korean vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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