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Khmer and Punjabi


Punjabi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Khmer  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
សូម  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
សូរី  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Pothohari  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
khmer central  
pendjabi  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
14  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
pan  

ISO 639 3
khm  
pan  

ISO 639 6
khm  
panj  

Glottocode
khme1253  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Khmer and Punjabi Speaking population

Khmer and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Khmer vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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