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Khmer and Malaysian


Malaysian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
24  
14

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Hai  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Selamat pagi  

Please
សូម  
sila  

Sorry
សូរី  
maaf  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
khmer central  
malais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
14  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
1  
1
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
may  

ISO 639 3
khm  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
khm  
may  

Glottocode
khme1253  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Malaysian Speaking population

Khmer and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Khmer vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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