1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
(lotfan) لطفا
3.9 Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA95,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
77.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology