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Malagasy
Malagasy

Khmer
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Countries

Countries

Madagascar
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Swahili and Comorian Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

-
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2033
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Khmer

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salama!
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

Misaotra
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

Manao ahoana!
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

Alina tsara
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

Manao ahoana e
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

Manao ahoana e
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

Maraina tsara
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

azafady
សូម

Sorry

Miala tsiny
សូរី

Bye

Veloma!
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

Tiako ianao.
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

Azafady
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Malagasy
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

Merina
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Malagasy
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Sakalava
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Plateau Malagasy
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

-
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

26
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.28 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

18.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

18.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Fiteny Malagasy
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

Malagasy Sign Language
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

malgache
khmer central

German Name

Malagassi-Sprache
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

Malagasy people
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

1000 AD
14

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Austronesian
-

Branch

Indonesian
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

standard Malagasy
Modern Khmer

Language Position

841
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malagasy Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mg
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlg
khm

ISO 639 2/B

mlg
khm

ISO 639 3

mlg
khm

ISO 639 6

mlg
khm

Glottocode

mala1537
khme1253

Linguasphere

No data available
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Isolating

Malagasy and Khmer Alphabets

Malagasy and Khmer Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malagasy and Khmer. In Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Malagasy and Khmer languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malagasy and Khmer languages. The Malagasy phonology consist Malagasy vowels and Malagasy consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malagasy greetings vs Khmer greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malagasy and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Malagasy and Khmer Speaking population

Malagasy and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % 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 Malagasy and Khmer on Malagasy vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malagasy and Khmer Language Codes

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