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Countries

Countries

China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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

Total No. Of Countries

523
0 46
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National Language

North Korea, South Korea
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Chinese and Japanese languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4028
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

218
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1928
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

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
مرحبا

Thank You

감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
شكرا

How Are You?

어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
مساء الخير

Good Morning

안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
صباح الخير

Please

하십시오 (hasibsio)
من فضلك

Sorry

죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
آسف

Bye

안녕 (annyeong)
وداعا

I Love You

당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
أحبك

Excuse Me

실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Jeju
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

South Korea
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

10,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Gyeongsang
Sudanese

Where They Speak

South Korea
Sudan

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hamgyŏng
Levantine

Where They Speak

China, North Korea
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

77,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1226
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

77.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

77.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

한국어 (조선말)
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

coréen
arabe

German Name

Koreanisch
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[hangukmal]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Koreans
Arabs

History

Origin

Before 1st century
512 CE

Language Family

Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

-
Semitic

Branch

-
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

1225
1 120
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Signed Forms

Korean Sign Language
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ko
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kor
ara

ISO 639 2/B

kor
ara

ISO 639 3

Kor
ara

ISO 639 6

kor
ara

Glottocode

kore1280
arab1395

Linguasphere

45-AAA
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic

Korean vs Arabic Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Korean vs Arabic speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Korean or Arabic language.

  • Korean is spoken as a national language in: North Korea, South Korea.
  • Arabic is spoken as a national language in: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

You will also get to know the continents where Korean and Arabic speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Korean language is 12 and position of Arabic language is 25. Find all the information about these languages on Korean and Arabic.

Korean and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Arabic language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Korean and Arabic Language History.

Korean and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Korean and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Arabic language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Arabic Difficulty

The Korean vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Korean and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.