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Assamese and Khmer


Khmer and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
20  
17

How Many Consonants
41  
30
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
anugroha kori  
សូម  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
សូរី  

Bye
biḍai  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
assamais  
khmer central  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
65  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
khm  

ISO 639 3
asm  
khm  

ISO 639 6
asm  
khm  

Glottocode
assa1263  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Assamese and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Khmer Speaking population

Assamese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Khmer on Assamese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Khmer Language Codes

Assamese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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