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Khmer and Mongolian


Mongolian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
13  
10

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
សូម  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
សូរី  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Khalkha Mongolian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
khmer central  
mongol  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Mongols  

History

Origin
14  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
-  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
1  
1
26  
24

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
mon  

ISO 639 3
khm  
mon  

ISO 639 6
khm  
mon  

Glottocode
khme1253  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
part of 44-BAA-b  

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

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Khmer and Mongolian Speaking population

Khmer and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Mongolian on Khmer vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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