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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Moi
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Kiitos
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
hyvää yötä
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
haluta
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Anteeksi
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Jeju
Where They Speak
Finland
South Korea
Dialect 2
Rauma
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
South Korea
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
China, North Korea
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Suomi
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
finnois
coréen
German Name
Finnisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Koreans
Origin
1543
Before 1st century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
finn1318
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All Finnish 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 Finnish and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Korean Speaking population
Finnish and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Korean on Finnish vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Korean Language Codes
Finnish and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.