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Finnish and Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

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

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

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
13   
3

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Moi   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Kiitos   

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

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

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

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
haluta   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Anteeksi   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Heippa   

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

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Finland, Rauma   

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Suomi   

French Name
coréen   
finnois   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1543   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
12   
11
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
fin   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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All Korean and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Korean and Finnish Speaking population

Korean and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available. 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 Finnish on Korean vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Finnish Language Codes

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

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