Home
Languagevs


Cantonese vs Korean


Korean vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
China, Guangdong  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
您好  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
谢谢  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
晚安  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
晚上好  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

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

Please
请  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
遗憾  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
再见  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
我爱你  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
77.00 million  
12

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
Not Available  
coréen  

German Name
Not Available  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Koreans  

History

Origin
17th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
Not Available  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
kor  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

Countries >>
<< All

Cantonese and Korean Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Korean language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Cantonese and Korean Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Cantonese vs Korean Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages