Home
Languagevs


Korean and English


English and Korean


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   

Summary >>
<< Code

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.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages