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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
32  
3
5  
10

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Africa  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
77.00 million  
13

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
13  
12
12  
11

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  

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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.

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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.

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