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Korean and Arabic


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
5  
10

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
28  
18
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
شكرا  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

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

Please
من فضلك  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
آسف  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
وداعا  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
أحبك  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
한국어 (조선말)  

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

French Name
arabe  
coréen  

German Name
Arabisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Koreans  

History

Origin
512 CE  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

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

Language Position
25  
21
12  
11

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
kor  

ISO 639 3
ara  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Arabic and Korean Speaking population

Arabic and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Korean on Arabic vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Korean Language Codes

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

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