Malaysian and Khmer
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Cambodia
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
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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 in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hai
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
terima kasih
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Selamat Malam
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
Selamat tinggal
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Pekal
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Musi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Cambodia, Thailand
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
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1306
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.