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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
fars1254
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Persian language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Persian Difficulty
The Korean vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.