Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Habari
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Asante
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
tafadhali
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
pole
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
nakupenda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Samahani
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Kilwa
China, North Korea
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
swahili
coréen
German Name
Swahili
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Koreans
Origin
6th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Swahili
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Swahili and Korean Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Korean Speaking population
Swahili and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Korean on Swahili vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Korean Language Codes
Swahili and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.