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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
77.00 million
  
22
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
Arabic and Korean 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 Arabic and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Korean language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Korean Difficulty
The Arabic vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Korean 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 Arabic and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.