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Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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  
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.
  
  • 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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
32  
22

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Niger  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
14  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

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  
Hausa  

Language Position
12  
11
34  
27

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
hau  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Hausa language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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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.

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