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Khmer and Kannada


Kannada and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Karnataka, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Goa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Regulated By
-  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Telugu  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
14  
11

How Many Consonants
33  
23
35  
25

Scripts
Khmer  
Kannada Script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  

Please
សូម  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  

Sorry
សូរី  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
ಬೈ (Bai)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Urali  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  

French Name
khmer central  
kannada  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Kannada  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Kannadiga  

History

Origin
14  
c. 450  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Kannada, Kannada  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Kannada  

Language Position
1  
1
31  
29

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
kn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kan  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kan  

ISO 639 3
khm  
kan  

ISO 639 6
khm  
kan  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nucl1305  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Kannada Speaking population

Khmer and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Khmer vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Kannada Language Codes

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

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