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Chewa vs Korean


Korean vs Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
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
Zambia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • 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
Zulu language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Moni  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Zikomo  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Usiku wabwino  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Chonde  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
pepani  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
anatsanzikana  
안녕 (annyeong)  

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

Excuse Me
Pepani  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Nyanja  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja  
coréen  

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃewa]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Chewa people  
Koreans  

History

Origin
15th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
27  
25
12  
11

Signed Forms
Chewa Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ny  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
nya  
kor  

ISO 639 3
nya  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
nya  
kor  

Glottocode
nyan1308  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Chewa and Korean Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Korean language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th 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 Chewa and Korean Language History.

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

Chewa vs Korean Difficulty

The Chewa vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa 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 Chewa and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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