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Finnish vs Korean


Korean vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
21   
18

How Many Consonants
13   
3
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

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

Please
haluta   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
Heippa   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Finland   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
South Korea   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
China, North Korea   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
finnois   
coréen   

German Name
Finnisch   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1543   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

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

Language Position
Not Available   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
kor   

ISO 639 3
fin   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Finnish and Korean Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Korean language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Korean Language History.

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

Finnish vs Korean Difficulty

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

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