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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

533
0 46
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National Language

North Korea, South Korea
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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
South Africa

Regulated By

The National Institute of the Korean Language
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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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Chinese and Japanese languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4026
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

215
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
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

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hello

Thank You

감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Thank you

How Are You?

어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
How are you?

Good Night

안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Night

Good Evening

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

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

Please

하십시오 (hasibsio)
Please

Sorry

죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Sorry

Bye

안녕 (annyeong)
Bye

I Love You

당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
I love you

Excuse Me

실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jeju
American English

Where They Speak

South Korea
United States of America

How Many People Speak

10,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

South Korea
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Welsh English

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

12188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

한국어 (조선말)
English

Alternative Names

Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
English

French Name

coréen
anglais

German Name

Koreanisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[hangukmal]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Koreans
English people

History

Origin

Before 1st century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

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

Language Position

123
1 120
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Signed Forms

Korean Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ko
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kor
eng

ISO 639 2/B

kor
eng

ISO 639 3

Kor
eng

ISO 639 6

kor
engs

Glottocode

kore1280
stan1293

Linguasphere

45-AAA
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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: North Korea, South Korea.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.

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 12 and position of English language is 3. 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 Before 1st century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 and English Language History.

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 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. 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 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.