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Persian and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
40   
21
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
23   
13

Scripts
Hangul   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   

Language Position
12   
11
23   
19

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Korean and Persian Speaking population

Korean and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Korean vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Persian Language Codes

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

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