Maithili and Khmer
Countries
India, Nepal
Cambodia
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
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 in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
pranam
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
dhanyabad
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Śubharātri
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
Alavidā
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
kripaya
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Nepal
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
North India
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Khortha
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
Glottocode
mait1250
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.