Countries
Cambodia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- 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.
Similar To
Lao Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
متشکرم
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
چطور هستید?
Good Afternoon
ND
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
ND
صبح به خیر
I Love You
ND
من شما را دوست دارم
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
khmer central
persan
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Persian people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Persian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
fars1254
Linguasphere
Not Available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Khmer and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Persian Speaking population
Khmer and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Khmer vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Persian Language Codes
Khmer and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.