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China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
5
North Korea, South Korea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Asia
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  • 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.
Chinese and Japanese languages
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
40
21
19
Hangul
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
3
88 weeks
 
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
안녕 (annyeong)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
 
Jeju
South Korea
10,000.00
Gyeongsang
South Korea
10,000,000.00
Hamgyŏng
China, North Korea
77,000,000.00
12
 
77.00 million
1.14 %
77.00 million
77.00 million
한국어 (조선말)
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
coréen
Koreanisch
[hangukmal]
Koreans
 
Before 1st century
Koreanic Family
-
-
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
12
Korean Sign Language
Individual
 
ko
kor
kor
Kor
kor
kore1280
45-AAA
Living
Subject-Object-Verb
Agglutinative
 
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
South Africa
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  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Latin
 
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26
5
21
Latin
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
7
6 weeks
 
Hello
Thank you
How are you?
Good Night
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Please
Sorry
Bye
I love you
Excuse Me
 
American English
United States of America
225,000,000.00
Hiberno-English
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4,500,000.00
Welsh English
United Kingdom
2,500,000.00
188
 
1,200.00 million
5.43 %
400.00 million
400.00 million
English
English
anglais
Englisch
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
English people
 
5th Century AD
Indo-European Family
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-
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard English
3
Signed English
Individual
 
en
eng
eng
eng
engs
stan1293
52-ABA
Living
Subject-Verb-Object
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Korean vs English Speaking Countries

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

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: .
  • English is spoken as a national language in: .

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

Korean and English Language History

Comparison of Korean vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and English language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in whereas history of English language states that this language originated in . 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 Korean vs English.

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

Korean vs English Difficulty

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