Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Ethiopia
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
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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.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1931
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Selam
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
i'bakwon
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
aznallehu
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
tschao
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Jeju
Gondar
Where They Speak
South Korea
Gondar
How Many People Speak
10,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Gojjami
Where They Speak
South Korea
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Showa
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
coréen
amharique
German Name
Koreanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Amharas
Origin
Before 1st century
13th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Amharic
Language Position
1255
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
amh
ISO 639 2/B
kor
amh
ISO 639 3
Kor
amh
ISO 639 6
kor
amh
Glottocode
kore1280
amha1245
Linguasphere
45-AAA
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional