Countries
Afganistan
Cambodia
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ND
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ND
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ND
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ND
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ND
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ND
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ND
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ND
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
pachto
khmer central
German Name
Paschtu
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
khme1253
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Pashto and Khmer Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Pashto and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Pashto and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Pashto are spoken in different Pashto Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Pashto vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Pashto dialects include: Central Pashto, Northern Pashto. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Pashto and Khmer Speaking population
Pashto and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Khmer on Pashto vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Khmer Language Codes
Pashto and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.