Countries
Afganistan
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Pakistan
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
pachto
  
coréen
  
German Name
Paschtu
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Pashtun
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1651
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ps
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pus
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
pus
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
pus
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
pash1269
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative