Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3440
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1021
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2419
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Galatoomi
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Maaloo
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Nagayattii!
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Borana
Jeju
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
South Korea
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Kenya
South Korea
How Many People Speak
66,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Kenya
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
13,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1712
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
galla
coréen
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Koreans
Origin
16
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
9112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
kor
ISO 639 2/B
orm
kor
ISO 639 3
orm
Kor
ISO 639 6
orm
kor
Glottocode
nucl1736
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative