Khmer and Sanskrit
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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
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)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Not present
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
-
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Not present
Where They Speak
Vietnam
-
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not present
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
-
Second Language Speakers
-
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
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Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
sans1269
Linguasphere
48-ACB
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
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.
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.