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Khmer

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Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

Cambodia
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Lao Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5321
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

205
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3320
9 60
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Scripts

Khmer
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Salama!

Thank You

សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Misaotra

How Are You?

អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

រាត្រីលា
Alina tsara

Good Evening

ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

លើកលែងរសៀល
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង
Maraina tsara

Please

សូម
azafady

Sorry

សូរី
Miala tsiny

Bye

លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Veloma!

I Love You

បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

សូមទាញយក
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Khmer
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Merina

How Many People Speak

1,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Khmer Krom
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Khmer
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Cambodia, Thailand
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How Many People Speak

16,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

62
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Cambodian, Khmer
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

khmer central
malgache

German Name

Kambodschanisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Khmer, Northern Khmer
Malagasy people

History

Origin

14
1000 AD

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

-
Austronesian

Branch

-
Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Khmer
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Khmer
standard Malagasy

Language Position

184
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khmer Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

km
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

khm
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

khm
mlg

ISO 639 3

khm
mlg

ISO 639 6

khm
mlg

Glottocode

khme1253
mala1537

Linguasphere

48-ACB
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Khmer and Malagasy Alphabets

Khmer and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Khmer and Malagasy. In Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Khmer and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Khmer and Malagasy languages. The Khmer phonology consist Khmer vowels and Khmer consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Khmer greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Khmer and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Khmer and Malagasy Speaking population

Khmer and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Khmer vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Malagasy Language Codes

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