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Swahili vs Korean


Korean vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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.
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  • 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

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

Alphabets
24  
6
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Bye
bye  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
nakupenda  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
77.00 million  
12

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  

History

Origin
6th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
kor  

ISO 639 3
swa  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Swahili and Korean Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Korean language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili and Korean Language History.

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

Swahili vs Korean Difficulty

The Swahili vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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