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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 vs Korean Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Korean speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Korean language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Korean speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Korean language is 12. Find all the information about these languages on English and Korean.

English and Korean Language History

Comparison of English vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of English and Korean language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 English and Korean Language History.

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

English vs Korean Difficulty

The English vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Korean 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 English and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.