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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
33  
2

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
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  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
South Africa  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Hello  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Good Afternoon  

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

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
Please  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Sorry  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Bye  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
American English  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
English  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Not Available  

French Name
coréen  
anglais  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

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

Language Position
12  
11
3  
3

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
eng  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
kore1280  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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All Korean and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and English dialects. Various dialects of Korean and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and English Speaking population

Korean and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and English languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Korean and English on Korean vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and English Language Codes

Korean and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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