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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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
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.
