Khmer and Assamese
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
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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.
Similar To
Lao Language
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
nomoskaar
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
subhoraattri
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
subha abeli
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
suprobhaat
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
biḍai
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Western Assam
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Assam
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
Origin
14
7th century A.D
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Assamese
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
assa1263
Linguasphere
48-ACB
59-AAF-w
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.
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.