Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
European Union, Finland
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Moi
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Kiitos
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Hyvää huomenta
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
haluta
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Anteeksi
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Jeju
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
South Korea
Finland
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Rauma
Where They Speak
South Korea
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Suomi
French Name
coréen
finnois
German Name
Koreanisch
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Koreans
ethnic Finns
Origin
Before 1st century
1543
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Uralic Family
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
kore1280
finn1318
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Korean and Finnish 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 Korean and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Korean and Finnish Speaking population
Korean and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Korean and Finnish on Korean vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Finnish Language Codes
Korean and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.