Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Habari
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Asante
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
tafadhali
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
pole
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Samahani
Where They Speak
South Korea
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Kimrima
Where They Speak
South Korea
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Kimgao
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
coréen
swahili
German Name
Koreanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
Before 1st century
6th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Swahili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
swah1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Korean and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Swahili language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Swahili Difficulty
The Korean vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.