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Khmer and Malayalam


Malayalam and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

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  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  

Regulated By
-  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
15  
12

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Khmer  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
ഹലോ (halēā)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
നന്ദി (nandi)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  

Please
សូម  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  

Sorry
សូរី  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
വിട (viṭa)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Judeo-Malayalam  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  

French Name
khmer central  
malayalam  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Malayalam  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Malayali  

History

Origin
14  
9th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early form  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Malayalam  

Language Position
1  
1
29  
27

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ml  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mal  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mal  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mal  

ISO 639 6
khm  
mal  

Glottocode
khme1253  
mala1464  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Malayalam Speaking population

Khmer and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Khmer vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Malayalam Language Codes

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