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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Afganistan, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
pash1269
Linguasphere
Not Available
58-ABD-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
Khmer and Pashto 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 Khmer and Pashto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Pashto language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Pashto word for "Thank You" is (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Pashto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Pashto Difficulty
The Khmer vs Pashto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Pashto 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 Khmer and Pashto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Pashto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Pashto time required is 44 weeks.