BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
030 / 101Korean
한국어At BFSU, Korean is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
South Korea, North Korea, China
- NATIVE NAME
- 한국어
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Korean writing system
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Korean connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Korean is spoken across 7 countries and territories.
No. 21 of 101 languages · No. 19 by territory count
East Asia
04South KoreaNorth KoreaMainland ChinaJapan
The Americas
03United StatesCanadaBrazil
From daily conversation in South Korea, North Korea, and China to education, literature and media, Korean carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Korean within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Korean writing system; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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