They are not similar. Korean language belongs to language isolate. Therefore, it is not similar very much to Chinese or Japanese. Because the western languages have plenty of similarity each other, if we study one western language out of them, it is convenient to study another western language. But Korean, Japanese and Chinese languages are different.
Nevertheless, there is some similarity in Japanese so that it is a little helpful to study Korean. The word orders of Japanese and Korean are very similar. The word orders of the western languages are subject + predicate + object but those of Korean and Japanese are subject + object + predicate. In addition, Japanese like Korean developed very much in honorific expressions. Using nouns are similar very much each other. Of course, other parts of speech are all different so that it doesn’t help a lot.
Then, is Korean language easy to learn? This is hard to answer because it is a relative notion but it is a comparatively easy language for Japanese and Chinese people. On the contrary, Korean people can also learn Japanese and Chinese languages easily. It is because all of three countries are in the same Chinese character area. However, when Westerners learn Korean language, they may face hell. But they can also experience fun from learning Korean language so they are recommended to learn the language.
Trivia : A method to learn Korean language is to utilize talktomeinkorean.com.
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