1 Countries
2.1 Countries
Afganistan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
2.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.10 National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
North Korea, South Korea
2.12 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
2.14 Speaking Continents
3.1 Minority Language
Pakistan
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
3.4 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
The National Institute of the Korean Language
3.5 Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- 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.
3.6 Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
3.7 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
4 Alphabets
4.1 Alphabets in
4.2 Alphabets
4.4 Phonology
4.4.1 How Many Vowels
4.4.3 How Many Consonants
4.8 Scripts
4.9 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
4.10 Hard to Learn
4.10.1 Language Levels
4.10.3 Time Taken to Learn
7 Greetings
7.1 Hello
(salaam) سلام
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
7.2 Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
7.3 How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
7.4 Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
7.5 Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
7.6 Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
7.7 Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
7.8 Please
(lotfan) لطفا
하십시오 (hasibsio)
7.9 Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
7.10 Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
안녕 (annyeong)
7.11 I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
7.12 Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
8 Dialects
8.1 Dialect 1
8.1.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Korea
8.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,500,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
8.3 Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Gyeongsang
8.3.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Korea
8.3.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
8.5 Dialect 3
8.5.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, North Korea
8.5.2 How Many People Speak
95,000.00NA
1400
96000000
8.7 Total No. Of Dialects
10 How Many People Speak
10.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
10.4 Speaking Population
10.5 Native Speakers
60.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
10.5.3 Second Language Speakers
11.3.4 Native Name
11.3.5 Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
11.3.6 French Name
11.3.7 German Name
11.4 Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Not Available
11.5 Ethnicity
12 History
12.1 Origin
12.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
12.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
12.2.2 Branch
12.3 Language Forms
12.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
12.3.2 Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
12.3.3 Language Position
13.7.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
13.8 Scope
14 Code
14.1 ISO 639 1
14.2 ISO 639 2
14.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
14.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
14.3 ISO 639 3
14.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
14.5 Glottocode
14.6 Linguasphere
14.7 Types of Language
14.7.1 Language Type
14.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
14.7.3 Language Morphological Typology