Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Cambodia
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ND
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ND
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ND
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ND
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ND
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ND
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ND
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ND
Dialect 1
Chakma
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Hajong
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
India
Cambodia, Thailand
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
bengali
khmer central
German Name
Bengali
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
khme1253
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Bengali 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 Bengali and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bengali and Khmer Speaking population
Bengali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Khmer on Bengali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Khmer Language Codes
Bengali and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.