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Burmese and Khmer


Khmer and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
33  
23
33  
23

Scripts
Tangut  
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
សូម  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
សូរី  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
birman  
khmer central  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
43  
40
1  
1

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mya  
khm  

ISO 639 6
mya  
khm  

Glottocode
sout3159  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Burmese and Khmer Speaking population

Burmese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Khmer on Burmese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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