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Kannada and Khmer


Khmer and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Goa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Telugu  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
20  
17

How Many Consonants
35  
25
33  
23

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
សូម  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
សូរី  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Urali  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
kerala  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
kannada  
khmer central  

German Name
Kannada  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
c. 450  
14  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
31  
29
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
khm  

ISO 639 3
kan  
khm  

ISO 639 6
kan  
khm  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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 Kannada 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 Kannada and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Kannada and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kannada are spoken in different Kannada Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kannada vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kannada dialects include: Badaga, Urali. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kannada and Khmer Speaking population

Kannada and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % 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 Kannada and Khmer on Kannada vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Khmer Language Codes

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

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