Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.