Countries
Cambodia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5351
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3340
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
សូម
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
សូរី
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Chakma
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Hajong
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
khmer central
bengali
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
14
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Bengali
Language Position
14
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
ben
ISO 639 2/B
khm
ben
ISO 639 3
khm
ben
ISO 639 6
khm
ben
Glottocode
khme1253
beng1280
Linguasphere
48-ACB
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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