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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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