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Khmer and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
23  
13
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
47,000,000.00  
15
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
16.00 million  
33

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  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

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  

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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.

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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.

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