Countries
Afganistan
Cambodia
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Pakistan
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
ND
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
ND
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
ND
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
ND
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
ND
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
ND
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
ND
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
ND
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
pachto
khmer central
German Name
Paschtu
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
khme1253
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Pashto and Khmer 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 Pashto and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Pashto and Khmer language. Pashto word for "Hello" is (salaam) سلام or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Pashto Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Pashto vs Khmer Difficulty
The Pashto vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Pashto Alphabets and Khmer 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 Pashto and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Pashto and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Pashto is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.