Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Pakistan
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
217
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1929
9
60
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Scripts
Hangul
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Jeju
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
77,000,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1221
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
77.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
77.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
coréen
pachto
German Name
Koreanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Pashtun
Origin
Before 1st century
1651
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1282
1
120
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Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kor
pus
ISO 639 2/B
kor
pus
ISO 639 3
Kor
pus
ISO 639 6
kor
pus
Glottocode
kore1280
pash1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional