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Khmer and Tamil History


Tamil and Khmer Language History


History

Origin
14  
300 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Tamil  

Language Position
1  
1
18  
16

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Tamil  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Khmer and Tamil

The Early forms of Khmer and Tamil explains the evolution of Khmer and Tamil languages which is under Khmer and Tamil history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Khmer and Tamil history we will understand how the Khmer and Tamil languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Khmer: Proto-Khmer.
  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Khmer: Modern Khmer.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Signed forms of Khmer: Khmer Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Khmer Sign Language

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Khmer and Tamil Language Family

In Khmer and Tamil history, you will get to know about Khmer and Tamil language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Khmer is a part of Austroasiatic Family while Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family. The subgroup and branch of Khmer is and resp. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is and resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Khmer and Tamil language on Khmer vs Tamil alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Khmer vs Tamil Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Khmer vs Tamil language rank. Khmer and Tamil history gives you Khmer and Tamil language rank. The Khmer language rank is 1. And Tamil language rank is 18. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Khmer vs Tamil.

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