Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
215
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1918
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Moni
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Zikomo
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Chonde
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
pepani
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Jeju
Kasungu
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
10,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
South Korea
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
77.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
coréen
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Koreanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Chewa people
Origin
Before 1st century
15th Century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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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
Chewa
Language Position
1227
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
nya
ISO 639 2/B
kor
nya
ISO 639 3
Kor
nya
ISO 639 6
kor
nya
Glottocode
kore1280
nyan1308
Linguasphere
45-AAA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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