Countries
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
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
France
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
bonjour
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Merci
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
bonsoir
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Bonjour
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
S'il vous plaît
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
désolé
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
au revoir
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Je t'aime
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Jeju
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
South Korea
Dialect 2
African French
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Africa
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Français
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
français
coréen
German Name
Französisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Koreans
Origin
9th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard French
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
kore1280
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
French and Korean Speaking population
French and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of French and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Korean on French vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
French and Korean Language Codes
French and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.