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Khmer and Hindi


Hindi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
33  
23

Scripts
Khmer  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
សូម  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
សូរី  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
khmer central  
hindi  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
14  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
1  
1
5  
5

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 3
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 6
khm  
hins  

Glottocode
khme1253  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Hindi Speaking population

Khmer and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Khmer vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Hindi Language Codes

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