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Persian vs Khmer


Khmer vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
23   
13
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
ND   

Thank You
متشکرم   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

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

Good Night
شب بخیر   
ND   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
ND   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
ND   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
ND   

Please
لطفا   
ND   

Sorry
متاسف   
ND   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
ND   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
ND   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Western Khmer   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
persan   
khmer central   

German Name
Persisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
khm   

ISO 639 3
pes   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Persian and Khmer Language History

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

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

Persian vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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