Countries
Cambodia
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
ND
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
ND
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
ND
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
ND
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
ND
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
ND
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
ND
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
khmer central
  
pachto
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
14
  
1651
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional