Finnish and Korean Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Finnish and Korean as Minority Language
In Finnish and Korean speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Korean as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Korean as minority language: Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America.
If you want to compare Finnish and Korean dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Korean Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Korean Regulators
Finnish and Korean speaking countries provide you Finnish and Korean regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Korean is regulated by The National Institute of the Korean Language. Also get to learn, Finnish and Korean Language History.
Finnish and Korean Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Korean continents in which Finnish and Korean speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Korean. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Korean speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Korean languages:
Finnish Interesting Facts:
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Korean 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.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Chinese and Japanese languages and derived from Not Available.