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Somali vs Korean


Korean vs Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

National Language
Somalia   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
Fadlan   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
sorry   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Native Name
af Soomaali   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
somali   
coréen   

German Name
Somali   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Koreans   

History

Origin
19th century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Somali   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
83   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
kor   

ISO 639 3
som   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Somali and Korean Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Korean language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Somali and Korean Language History.

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Somali and Korean 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 Somali and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Korean language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Somali vs Korean Difficulty

The Somali vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali Alphabets and Korean 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 Somali and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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