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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 vs French Speaking Countries

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

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.
  • French is spoken as a national language in: France.

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and French speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of French language is 13. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and French.

Korean and French Language History

Comparison of Korean vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and French language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Korean vs French Difficulty

The Korean vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.