Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Hangul
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Jeju
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
South Korea
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million
  
22
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
coréen
  
persan
  
German Name
Koreanisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Koreans
  
Persian people
  
Origin
Before 1st century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Koreanic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ko
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kor
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
kor
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
Kor
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kore1280
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
45-AAA
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic