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
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
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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
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
I love you
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Jeju
American English
Where They Speak
South Korea
United States of America
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
South Korea
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Welsh English
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
English
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
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French Name
coréen
anglais
German Name
Koreanisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Koreans
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Origin
Before 1st century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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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
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
kore1280
stan1293
Linguasphere
45-AAA
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.
