Home
Languagevs


Malaysian and Khmer


Khmer and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Indonesian Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
sila  
សូម  

Sorry
maaf  
សូរី  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
malais  
khmer central  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
14  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
54  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
khm  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
khm  

ISO 639 6
may  
khm  

Glottocode
stan1306  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

Malaysian and Khmer Speaking population

Malaysian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Khmer on Malaysian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Khmer Language Codes

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

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn