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Khmer and Estonian


Estonian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
18  
8

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Tere  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Tere hommikust  

Please
សូម  
Palun  

Sorry
សូរី  
Vabandust  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Head aega  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Eesti keel  

French Name
khmer central  
estonien  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Estonians  

History

Origin
14  
13th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Estonian  

Language Position
1  
1
22  
20

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
est  

ISO 639 3
khm  
est  

ISO 639 6
khm  
est  

Glottocode
khme1253  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Estonian Speaking population

Khmer and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Khmer vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Estonian Language Codes

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

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