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Khmer and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Khmer  
Cyrillic  

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)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
សូម  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
សូរី  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Balgarski  

French Name
khmer central  
bulgare  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
14  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
1  
1
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
bul  

ISO 639 3
khm  
bul  

ISO 639 6
khm  
buls  

Glottocode
khme1253  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Bulgarian Speaking population

Khmer and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Khmer vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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