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Khmer and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.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
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
សូម  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
សូរី  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
-  

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
khmer central  
sanskrit  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
14  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
san  

ISO 639 3
khm  
san  

ISO 639 6
khm  
san  

Glottocode
khme1253  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Sanskrit Speaking population

Khmer and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Khmer vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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