Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
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
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3340
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
721
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3119
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
i'bakwon
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
aznallehu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
tschao
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Jeju
Where They Speak
Gondar
South Korea
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
512
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
18.70 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
amharique
coréen
German Name
Amharisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Amharas
Koreans
Origin
13th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
-
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Amharic
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
5512
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
kor
ISO 639 2/B
amh
kor
ISO 639 3
amh
Kor
ISO 639 6
amh
kor
Glottocode
amha1245
kore1280
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative