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Countries

Countries

China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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

Total No. Of Countries

532
0 46
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National Language

North Korea, South Korea
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

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

Similar To

Chinese and Japanese languages
Italian Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

216
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1920
9 60
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Scripts

Hangul
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
bonjour

Thank You

감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Merci

How Are You?

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

Good Night

안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

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

Please

하십시오 (hasibsio)
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
désolé

Bye

안녕 (annyeong)
au revoir

I Love You

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

Excuse Me

실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jeju
Quebec French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

10,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
African French

Where They Speak

South Korea
Africa

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Swiss French

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1225
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

한국어 (조선말)
français

Alternative Names

Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Français

French Name

coréen
français

German Name

Koreanisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[hangukmal]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Koreans
French people

History

Origin

Before 1st century
9th Century

Language Family

Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

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

Language Position

1213
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ko
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kor
fra

ISO 639 2/B

kor
fre

ISO 639 3

Kor
fra

ISO 639 6

kor
fras

Glottocode

kore1280
stan1290

Linguasphere

45-AAA
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Korean and French Alphabets

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

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

Korean and French Speaking population

Korean and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and French languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Korean vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and French Language Codes

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