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Khmer vs Persian


Persian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
23   
13

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
سلام   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
ND   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
ND   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
ND   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
ND   
صبح به خیر   

Please
ND   
لطفا   

Sorry
ND   
متاسف   

Bye
ND   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
ND   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
ND   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

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   

History

Origin
14   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
per   

ISO 639 3
khm   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Khmer and Persian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Persian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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Khmer and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Persian language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Persian Difficulty

The Khmer vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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