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Pashto vs Khmer


Khmer vs Pashto


Countries

Countries
Afganistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
29  
19
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
(salaam) سلام  
ND  

Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

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  

Please
(lotfan) لطفا  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Central Pashto  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00  
14
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Northern Pashto  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
4
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Wanetsi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
95,000.00  
29
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
26
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
13.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
1651  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
82  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ps  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 3
pus  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
pash1269  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
58-ABD-a  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Pashto and Khmer Language History

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

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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.

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