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
Bengali 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 Bengali and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Khmer language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Khmer Difficulty
The Bengali vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.