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
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
(salaam) سلام
  
ND
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
16.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.