Countries
Cambodia
Sri Lanka
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Lao Language
Maldivian Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
ND
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
ND
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
ND
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
ND
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
ND
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
ND
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
I Love You
ND
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
ND
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Vedda
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Not Available
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not Available
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
khmer central
singhalais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Sinhalese people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
sinh1246
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional
All Khmer and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Sinhalese Speaking population
Khmer and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese on Khmer vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Sinhalese Language Codes
Khmer and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.