Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
54
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Habari
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Asante
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
tafadhali
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
pole
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
bye
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Samahani
Origin
Before 1st century
6th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Swahili
Language Position
1221
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage