Is learning Korean or Japanese more useful?

Originally Answered: Is it better to learn Korean or Japanese? Well, japanese is very difficult to learn and korean is fairly easy in comparison. Knowing japanese is better in terms of curriculum because the korean language and culture in general is still not very well known by westerners.

How long does it take a Japanese speaker to learn Korean?

It takes about three months or 90 days to learn enough Korean to have at least 3-minute conversations in Korean if you study for 7 to 10 hours per week. Moreover, after one year of looking at this pace, you will become fluent and comfortable with Korean conversation.

Can you understand Japanese if you speak Korean?

Even though the grammar and sentence structure of the two languages are remarkably similar, the vocabulary is curiously different. If the Japanese speaker heard Korean being spoken without any prior exposure, they probably wouldn’t understand any of the words at all.

How hard is it to learn Korean vs Japanese?

Conclusion. In terms of difficulty, I think Japanese and Korean are at about the same level. Some parts are harder for Korean while other parts are harder for Japanese. However, considering the larger number of sounds and the different particles in Korean, Japanese is definitely the easier language to start in.

Which language is harder to learn, Korean or Japanese?

For example, Japanese might be one of the hardest languages out there for a native English speaker (or so I’ve often heard), but for a Korean person learning Japanese, this latter will be infinitely easier than to learn English, simply because Japanese and Korean have so much more in common than Korean and English.

Is it more beneficial to learn Japanese or Korean?

Obviously Japanese is more influential in the world because the size of economy is bigger than that of Korea. But once you learn Japanese, it is very easy to learn Korean because word of orders are almost same and they use many same words as same meanings.

Is Korean more difficult than Japanese?

Korean and Japanese are two very difficult languages to master, though at first Korean appears easier since it has an alphabet. However, contrary to what is sometimes said, the Korean language still uses many characters (usually very similar to the Chinese characters).

Is the Korean language similar to Japanese?

Korean language is similar to Japanese in a few ways. Someone studying Korean who is already somewhat familiar with Korean would have a significant advantage over someone who hadn’t studied either before. The grammar is similar.