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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 vs Korean Speaking Countries

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

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

You will also get to know the continents where French and Korean speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of French language is 13 and position of Korean language is 12. Find all the information about these languages on French and Korean.

French and Korean Language History

Comparison of French vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of French and Korean language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Korean Language History.

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

French vs Korean Difficulty

The French vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.