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Persian and Korean


Korean and Persian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
5   
10

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
21   
18

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

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
47,000,000.00   
7
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Hamgyŏng   

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

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
77.00 million   
12

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Koreans   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

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
23   
19
12   
11

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   

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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.

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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.

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