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Khmer vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
India  

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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
31  
21

Scripts
Khmer  
Devanagari  

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
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
សូម  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
សូរី  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
khmer central  
goudjrati  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
14  
15  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
1  
1
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
guj  

ISO 639 3
khm  
guj  

ISO 639 6
khm  
guj  

Glottocode
khme1253  
guja1252  

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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Khmer and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Gujarati language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Gujarati Language History.

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Khmer and Gujarati Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Gujarati language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Khmer vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Gujarati Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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