1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million8.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available