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Pashto and Khmer


Khmer and Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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)  
-  

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
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
29  
19
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
សូម  

Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم  
សូរី  

Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
50.00 million  
18
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

Origin
1651  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
82  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Pashto Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 3
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 6
pus  
khm  

Glottocode
pash1269  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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

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