Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Nigeria
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
sannu
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
gode ku
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
yaya dai
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
barka da rana
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
mai kyau safe
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Don Allah
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
yi hakuri
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
sai anjima
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
gafara dai
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
South Korea
Niger
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Daragaram
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Niger
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
coréen
haoussa
German Name
Koreanisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Koreans
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
Before 1st century
14
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Hausa
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kore1280
haus1257
Linguasphere
45-AAA
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Korean and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Hausa language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Hausa Difficulty
The Korean vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.