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Balochi and Khmer


Khmer and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
26  
16
33  
23

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
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
Salam  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
សូម  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
សូរី  

Bye
bye  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
بلوچی  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
baloutchi  
khmer central  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
19th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
39  
36
1  
1

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
khm  

ISO 639 3
bal  
khm  

ISO 639 6
bal  
khm  

Glottocode
balo1260  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Balochi 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 Balochi and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Balochi and Khmer Speaking population

Balochi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % 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 Balochi and Khmer on Balochi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Khmer Language Codes

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

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