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Khmer and Marathi


Marathi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
-  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Khmer  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
សូម  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
សូរី  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
khmer central  
marathe  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
14  
10th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Marathi  

Language Position
1  
1
17  
15

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mar  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mar  

ISO 639 6
khm  
mar  

Glottocode
khme1253  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Marathi Speaking population

Khmer and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Khmer vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Marathi Language Codes

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

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