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Khmer and Khasi


Khasi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
14  
4

Scripts
Khmer  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Kumno  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
khublei  

Please
សូម  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
សូរី  
Map  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
khublei  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Bhoi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
khmer central  
khasi  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
14  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Khasi  

Language Position
1  
1
40  
37

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kha  

ISO 639 3
khm  
kha  

ISO 639 6
khm  
kha  

Glottocode
khme1253  
khas1269  

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

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Khmer and Khasi Speaking population

Khmer and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Khmer vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Khasi Language Codes

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

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