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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
5  
10
32  
3

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

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
10,000.00  
99+
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
African French  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Africa  

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
87.00 million  
11

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
12  
11
13  
12

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  

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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.

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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.

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