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Maithili and Khmer


Khmer and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
22  
12
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
kripaya  
សូម  

Sorry
maf karai  
សូរី  

Bye
Alavidā  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
North India  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
maithili  
khmer central  

German Name
Maithili  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
14th century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
40  
37
1  
1

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mai  
khm  

ISO 639 6
mai  
khm  

Glottocode
mait1250  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Maithili and Khmer Speaking population

Maithili and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Maithili and Khmer on Maithili vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Khmer Language Codes

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

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