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
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
South Korea
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
kore1280
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto 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 Pashto and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Korean language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Korean Difficulty
The Pashto vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto 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 Pashto and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.
