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