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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
أحبك
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
اعذرني
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
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Levantine
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Koreanisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Origin
Before 1st century
512 CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
arab1395
Linguasphere
45-AAA
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Korean and Arabic 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 Korean and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Arabic language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Arabic Difficulty
The Korean vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Arabic 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 Korean and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.