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Arabic and Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
23   
4

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
28   
18

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
شكرا   

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

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
مساء الخير   

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

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
آسف   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
وداعا   

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

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Maghrebi   

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

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Sudan   

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

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Cyprus, Levant   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

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

French Name
coréen   
arabe   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Arabs   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
12   
11
25   
21

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
ara   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Korean and Arabic Speaking population

Korean and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Korean and Arabic on Korean vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Arabic Language Codes

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

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