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Khasi and Khmer


Khmer and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Khublei  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
thia sukh  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
khublei  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Sngewbha  
សូម  

Sorry
Map  
សូរី  

Bye
khublei  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
-  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
-  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
khasi  
khmer central  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
14  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
40  
37
1  
1

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
khm  

ISO 639 3
kha  
khm  

ISO 639 6
kha  
khm  

Glottocode
khas1269  
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 Khasi 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 Khasi and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khasi and Khmer Speaking population

Khasi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Khmer on Khasi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Khmer Language Codes

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

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