Countries
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
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
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
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Thank you
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
How are you?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
I love you
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
American English
Jeju
Where They Speak
United States of America
South Korea
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
South Korea
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
anglais
coréen
German Name
Englisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Koreans
Origin
5th Century AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard English
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed English
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
kore1280
Linguasphere
52-ABA
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English 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 English and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Korean language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common English Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Korean Difficulty
The English vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.
