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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
532
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
France
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Italian Language
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
216
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1920
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
36
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks24 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
bonjour
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Merci
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Comment allez-vous?
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
bonne Nuit
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
bonsoir
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
bon Après-Midi
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Bonjour
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
S'il vous plaît
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
désolé
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
au revoir
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Je t'aime
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Excuse Moi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Jeju
Quebec French
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.006,200,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
African French
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Swiss French
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Northeast France, Switzerland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1225
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million163.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.14 %1.12 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million76.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA87.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
français
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Français
5.3.4 French Name
coréen
français
5.3.5 German Name
Koreanisch
Französisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
Before 1st century
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old French, Middle French and French
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Standard French
6.3.3 Language Position
1213
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
ko
fr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
kor
fra
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
kor
fre
7.3 ISO 639 3
Kor
fra
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
7.5 Glottocode
kore1280
stan1290
7.6 Linguasphere
45-AAA
51-AAA-i
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
Fusional, Synthetic

Korean vs French Speaking Countries

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

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

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and French speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of French language is 13. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and French.

Korean and French Language History

Comparison of Korean vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and French language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Korean vs French Difficulty

The Korean vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.