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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  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Africa  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
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  

History

Origin
9th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
13  
12
12  
11

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
kor  

ISO 639 3
fra  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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French and Korean Language History

Comparison of French vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of French and Korean language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Korean Language History.

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

French vs Korean Difficulty

The French vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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