How similar are Korean and Japanese?
In today’s episode, we’re comparing some of the similarities between two popular East Asian languages, Japanese and Korean, with Sato, a Japanese speaker, and Seoyeon, a Korean speaker challenging each other with a list of words and sentences. If you have any questions, suggestions or feedback, please reach us on Instagram.
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Japanese is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family and is spoken primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. The Korean language is a member of the Koreanic language family and is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea.