1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
North Korea, South Korea
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Asante
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
tafadhali
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
pole
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
South Korea
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Koreans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
Before 1st century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
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
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative