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Khmer and Pashto


Pashto and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
7   
4

How Many Consonants
33   
23
29   
19

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
(salaam) سلام   

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

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
(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   

Dialects

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   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.58 %   
26

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   

History

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   
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Khmer and Pashto Speaking population

Khmer and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Khmer and Pashto on Khmer vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Pashto Language Codes

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

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