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Urdu and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
10  
7

How Many Consonants
33  
23
40  
29

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
សូម  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
សូរី  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
الوداع  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Dakhini  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Bihari  

French Name
khmer central  
ourdou  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
14  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
1  
1
20  
18

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
urd  

ISO 639 3
khm  
urd  

ISO 639 6
khm  
urd  

Glottocode
khme1253  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Khmer and Urdu Speaking population

Khmer and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Khmer vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Urdu Language Codes

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

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