Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3740
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
521
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Waita zvako
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Manheru
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
bye
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Jeju
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
South Korea
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
16.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
shona
coréen
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Koreans
Origin
20th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
10712
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
kor
ISO 639 2/B
sna
kor
ISO 639 3
sna
Kor
ISO 639 6
sna
kor
Glottocode
core1255
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative