Khmer and Maithili
Countries
Cambodia
India, Nepal
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Lao Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Evening
ND
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ND
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
ND
Suprabhaat
I Love You
ND
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Nepal
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Vietnam
North India
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Khortha
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Deoghar, France
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
khmer central
maithili
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
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Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Maithil
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Maithili
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
khme1253
mait1250
Linguasphere
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No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Khmer and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Maithili Speaking population
Khmer and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Khmer vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Maithili Language Codes
Khmer and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.