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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian

Total No. Of Countries

335
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
North Korea, South Korea

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
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

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2640
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

521
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Hangul

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

73
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)

Thank You

Thank you
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)

How Are You?

How are you?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)

Good Night

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)

Good Evening

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)

Good Morning

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)

Please

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)

Sorry

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)

Bye

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)

I Love You

I love you
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Jeju

Where They Speak

United States of America
South Korea

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Korea

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

18812
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million77.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million77.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
한국어 (조선말)

Alternative Names

English
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh

French Name

anglais
coréen

German Name

Englisch
Koreanisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[hangukmal]

Ethnicity

English people
Koreans

History

Origin

5th Century AD
Before 1st century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean

Standard Forms

Standard English
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard

Language Position

312
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ko

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
kor

ISO 639 2/B

eng
kor

ISO 639 3

eng
Kor

ISO 639 6

engs
kor

Glottocode

stan1293
kore1280

Linguasphere

52-ABA
45-AAA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English and Korean Alphabets

English and Korean Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Korean. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters. To learn English and Korean languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Korean languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Korean greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Korean are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Korean Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Korean dialects. Various dialects of English and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Korean Speaking population

English and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of English and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Korean on English vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Korean Language Codes

English and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.