Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Zimbabwe
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
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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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Mhoro
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Masikati
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Mangwanani
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
South Korea
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Karanga
Where They Speak
South Korea
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Zezuru
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
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Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Koreanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Koreans
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Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
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Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
kore1280
core1255
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Shona language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Shona Difficulty
The Korean vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.