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Khmer and Nepali


Nepali and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
12  
9

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
សូម  
कृपया  

Sorry
សូរី  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Doteli  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
khmer central  
népalais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
14  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Nepali  

Language Position
1  
1
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
nep  

ISO 639 3
khm  
npi  

ISO 639 6
khm  
nep  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Nepali Speaking population

Khmer and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Khmer vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Nepali Language Codes

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