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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
Arabic.jpg#200   
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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Arabic and Korean Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Korean language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Korean Language History.

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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.

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