Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
مرحبا
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
شكرا
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
من فضلك
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
آسف
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
أحبك
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Sudan
South Korea
Dialect 3
Levantine
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
German Name
Arabisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not Available
Origin
512 CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
kore1280
Linguasphere
12-AAC
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Arabic and Korean Speaking population
Arabic and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Korean on Arabic vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Korean Language Codes
Arabic and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.