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Khmer vs Pashto


Pashto vs 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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Khmer and Pashto Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Pashto language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Pashto language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Pashto language states that this language originated in 1651. 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 Khmer and Pashto Language History.

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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.

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