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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

35
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3240
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

621
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2319
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Hangul

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)

Thank You

متشکرم
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)

Good Night

شب بخیر
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)

Good Morning

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

Please

لطفا
하십시오 (hasibsio)

Sorry

متاسف
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)

Bye

خدا حافظ
안녕 (annyeong)

I Love You

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

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Jeju

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
South Korea

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Gyeongsang

Where They Speak

Afganistan
South Korea

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Hamgyŏng

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
China, North Korea

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0077,000,000.00
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?

65.00 million77.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %1.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million77.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
한국어 (조선말)

Alternative Names

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

French Name

persan
coréen

German Name

Persisch
Koreanisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[hangukmal]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Koreans

History

Origin

1500 BC
Before 1st century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

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

Standard Forms

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

Language Position

2312
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
ko

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
kor

ISO 639 2/B

per
kor

ISO 639 3

pes
Kor

ISO 639 6

pers
kor

Glottocode

fars1254
kore1280

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
45-AAA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Agglutinative

Persian and Korean Alphabets

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

All Persian and Korean 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 Persian and Korean dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Korean Speaking population

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

Persian and Korean Language Codes

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