Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Cambodia
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
សូម
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
សូរី
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Mappila
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
India
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
malayalam
khmer central
German Name
Malayalam
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Malayali
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early form
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mala1464
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malayalam and Khmer Speaking population
Malayalam and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Khmer on Malayalam vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malayalam and Khmer Language Codes
Malayalam and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malayalam and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.