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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Pashto and Balochi Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3253
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

620
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2333
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Khmer

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

سلام
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

متشکرم
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

چطور هستید?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

شب بخیر
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

عصر بخیر
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

بعد از ظهر بخیر
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

صبح به خیر
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

لطفا
សូម

Sorry

متاسف
សូរី

Bye

خدا حافظ
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

من شما را دوست دارم
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

ببخشيد!
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western Persian
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

Iran, Iraq
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

47,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dari Persian
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Afganistan
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

12,500,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tajik Persian
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

7,900,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

65.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

65.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

110.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

فارسی
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

persan
khmer central

German Name

Persisch
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

Persian people
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

1500 BC
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Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Iranian
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Persian
Modern Khmer

Language Position

231
1 120
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Signed Forms

Persian Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fa
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fas
khm

ISO 639 2/B

per
khm

ISO 639 3

pes
khm

ISO 639 6

pers
khm

Glottocode

fars1254
khme1253

Linguasphere

58-AAC-c
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

Persian and Khmer Alphabets

Persian and Khmer Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Persian and Khmer. In Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Persian and Khmer languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Persian and Khmer languages. The Persian phonology consist Persian vowels and Persian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Persian greetings vs Khmer greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Persian and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages.

All Persian 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 Persian and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Persian and Khmer Speaking population

Persian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Khmer on Persian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Khmer Language Codes

Persian and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.