Countries
Cambodia
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Lao Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
206
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3315
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Khurumjari
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Nongale haugatl
Please
សូម
Chanbiduna
Sorry
សូរី
Saobiganu
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Chatcharage
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Loi
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Pangal
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
khmer central
Meithei
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Meithei people
Origin
14
1700
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Meithei
Language Position
138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
km
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
mni
ISO 639 2/B
khm
mni
ISO 639 3
khm
mni
ISO 639 6
khm
mni
Glottocode
khme1253
mani1292
Linguasphere
48-ACB
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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