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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian

Total No. Of Countries

325
0 46
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National Language

France
North Korea, South Korea

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
The National Institute of the Korean Language

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
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

621
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2019
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

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)

Thank You

Merci
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)

Good Night

bonne Nuit
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)

Good Evening

bonsoir
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)

Good Morning

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

Please

S'il vous plaît
하십시오 (hasibsio)

Sorry

désolé
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)

Bye

au revoir
안녕 (annyeong)

I Love You

Je t'aime
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Jeju

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
South Korea

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0010,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

Africa
South Korea

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2512
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million77.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million77.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
한국어 (조선말)

Alternative Names

Français
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh

French Name

français
coréen

German Name

Französisch
Koreanisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[hangukmal]

Ethnicity

French people
Koreans

History

Origin

9th Century
Before 1st century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family

Subgroup

Romance
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean

Standard Forms

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

Language Position

1312
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
ko

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
kor

ISO 639 2/B

fre
kor

ISO 639 3

fra
Kor

ISO 639 6

fras
kor

Glottocode

stan1290
kore1280

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
45-AAA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative

French and Korean Alphabets

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

All French 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 French and Korean dialects. Various dialects of French and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and Korean Speaking population

French and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of French and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Korean on French vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Korean Language Codes

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