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
  
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 in
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Arabic.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
452.00 million
  
4
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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