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Countries

Countries

China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

53
0 46
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National Language

North Korea, South Korea
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Chinese and Japanese languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4032
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

216
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1923
9 60
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Scripts

Hangul
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
سلام

Thank You

감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
متشکرم

How Are You?

어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
چطور هستید?

Good Night

안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
شب بخیر

Good Evening

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
صبح به خیر

Please

하십시오 (hasibsio)
لطفا

Sorry

죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
متاسف

Bye

안녕 (annyeong)
خدا حافظ

I Love You

당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jeju
Western Persian

Where They Speak

South Korea
Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

10,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
Dari Persian

Where They Speak

South Korea
Afganistan

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0012,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.007,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1212
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million65.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million65.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million110.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

한국어 (조선말)
فارسی

Alternative Names

Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

coréen
persan

German Name

Koreanisch
Persisch

Pronunciation

[hangukmal]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Koreans
Persian people

History

Origin

Before 1st century
1500 BC

Language Family

Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Persian

Language Position

1223
1 120
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Signed Forms

Korean Sign Language
Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ko
fa

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kor
fas

ISO 639 2/B

kor
per

ISO 639 3

Kor
pes

ISO 639 6

kor
pers

Glottocode

kore1280
fars1254

Linguasphere

45-AAA
58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Synthetic

Korean and Persian Alphabets

Korean and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Korean and Persian. In Korean Alphabets there are 40 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Korean and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Korean and Persian languages. The Korean phonology consist Korean vowels and Korean consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Korean greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Korean and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Korean and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Korean and Persian Speaking population

Korean and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Korean and Persian on Korean vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Persian Language Codes

Korean and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.