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Chewa vs Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
32 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Kasungu  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Kikamtunda  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Kimaravi  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Malawi, Zambia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
1.50 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
15th 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  
Chewa  

Language Position
12  
11
27  
25

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Chewa Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Korean and Chewa Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Chewa language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Chewa language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th 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 Korean and Chewa Language History.

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

Korean vs Chewa Difficulty

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

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