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Khmer and Assamese


Assamese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Lao Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Khmer  
Bengali  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
suprobhaat  

Please
សូម  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
សូរី  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
biḍai  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Kamrupi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
khmer central  
assamais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
14  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Assamese  

Language Position
1  
1
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 3
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 6
khm  
asm  

Glottocode
khme1253  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Assamese Speaking population

Khmer and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese 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 Khmer and Assamese on Khmer vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Assamese Language Codes

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

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