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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
533
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
4026
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
215
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1921
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Hangul
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
37
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Good Morning
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Please
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Sorry
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Bye
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.004,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
12188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.14 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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5.3.4 French Name
coréen
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
123
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Korean vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Korean vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Korean or English language.

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and English.

Korean and English Language History

Comparison of Korean vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and English language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 Korean and English Language History.

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

Korean vs English Difficulty

The Korean vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and English 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 Korean and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.