Khmer and Maltese
Countries
Cambodia
European Union, Malta
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
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National Council for the Maltese Language
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Lao Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Ħello
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Grazzi
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Kif int?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
L-għodwa t-tajba
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Ċaw
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Qormi
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Malta
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Malta
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not Present
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Malti
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Malti
French Name
khmer central
maltais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Maltese
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Maltese
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
malt1254
Linguasphere
48-ACB
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
All Khmer and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Maltese Speaking population
Khmer and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Khmer vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Maltese Language Codes
Khmer and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.