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