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Khmer vs 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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Persian and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Khmer language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Khmer Language History.

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Persian and Khmer Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Persian and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Khmer language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Khmer Difficulty

The Persian vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Persian and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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