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Filipino vs Korean


Korean vs Filipino


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Philippines   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Philippines   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Salamat   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
Mangyaring   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Paalam   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Waray   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
Not Available   

Native Name
filipino   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
coréen   

German Name
Pilipino   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
16th Century   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Austronesian 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
Filipino   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
kor   

ISO 639 3
fil   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Filipino and Korean Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Korean language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino and Korean Language History.

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

Filipino vs Korean Difficulty

The Filipino vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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