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Khmer and Santali


Santali and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Boge Setak’  

Please
សូម  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
សូរី  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Hariau  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Mahali  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
khmer central  
santal  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
14  
20th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Santali  

Language Position
1  
1
41  
38

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
sat  

ISO 639 3
khm  
sat  

ISO 639 6
khm  
sat  

Glottocode
khme1253  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

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

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Khmer and Santali Speaking population

Khmer and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Khmer vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Santali Language Codes

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

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