Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Afganistan
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
South Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Not Available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Pashtun
Origin
Before 1st century
1651
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
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
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
pash1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
Korean and Pashto 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 Korean and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Pashto language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Pashto Difficulty
The Korean vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean Alphabets and Pashto 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 Korean and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.