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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  
-  

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  
17
88 weeks  
19

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  
15
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Hamgyŏng  

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

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

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 %  
21
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
77.00 million  
13

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  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

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  
21
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
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  

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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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