By 2019 there were 172 King Sejong Institutes in 56 countries, and in 2020, the network expanded even further to include 213 institutes operating across 76 countries. Most of the other languages included in the study saw a decline in the number of students over the same period.Īs another indicator of Korean’s global rise, the number of King Sejong Institutes - Korean language centers operated by the South Korean government - has also drastically increased since 2007, when the network was launched with only 13 institutes in three countries. For example, a study by the US Modern Language Association found that between 20, the number of US university students taking Korean language courses nearly doubled - the biggest increase for any language with at least 1,000 enrolled students. While the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, has been sweeping across Asia for quite some time, it has taken off in the West only in recent years, leading to an unprecedented surge in the number of people learning Korean. The report attributes the growing popularity of Korean to the Korean Wave - that is, the rising global interest in Korean pop culture, particularly K-pop, K-dramas and Korean films. The Duolingo report found Korean to be the world’s seventh-most popular language to study on the app, up two spots from the previous year. With over 500 million total users across 194 countries, Duolingo is the most downloaded education app in the world, meaning that its usage trends can serve as a useful proxy for trends in language study across the globe.
And if you’re a native speaker or have at least some knowledge of the language, then rejoice: Korean is currently the second fastest-growing language in the world, according to Duolingo’s 2020 “Year in Language” report, which was published in December.
If you’re looking to pick up a new language this year, you might want to consider Korean.
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