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Khmer and Madurese


Madurese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
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)  
Halo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
សូម  
tolong  

Sorry
សូរី  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Pamit  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Kangean  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
khmer central  
madourais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[madura]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Madurese  

History

Origin
14  
8th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Madurese  

Language Position
1  
1
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Madurese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mad  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mad  

ISO 639 6
khm  
-  

Glottocode
khme1253  
madu1247  

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

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Khmer and Madurese Speaking population

Khmer and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Khmer vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Madurese Language Codes

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

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