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Amharic vs Korean


Korean vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
21   
18

How Many Consonants
31   
21
19   
9

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Showa   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
18.70 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
amharique   
coréen   

German Name
Amharisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Koreans   

History

Origin
13th century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Not Available   

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
55   
40
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Amharic and Korean Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Korean language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic and Korean Language History.

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

Amharic vs Korean Difficulty

The Amharic vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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