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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

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
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
23  
13

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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
10,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
110.00 million  
7

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
12  
11
23  
21

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  

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Korean and Persian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Persian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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Korean and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Persian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Korean vs Persian Difficulty

The Korean vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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