Countries
Cambodia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Arabic Language
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
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