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Maori and Khmer


Khmer and Maori


Countries

Countries
New Zealand  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
New Zealand  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Australia, Oceania  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Māori Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Tahitian Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
20  
2
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
10  
2
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Mauruuru koutou  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Night pai  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
pai ahiahi  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Morning pai  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Tēnā  
សូម  

Sorry
Aroha mai  
សូរី  

Bye
poroporoaki  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
tukua ahau  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
South Island Māori  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
New Zealand  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.18 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.18 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.10 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
te Reo Māori  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
maori  
khmer central  

German Name
Maori-Sprache  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaɔɾi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Māori people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1814  
14  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Polynesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Maori  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
26  
24
1  
1

Signed Forms
Maori Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mi  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mri  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
mao  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mri  
khm  

ISO 639 6
mri  
khm  

Glottocode
maor1246  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Maori and Khmer Speaking population

Maori and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maori and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Maori and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 % 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 Maori and Khmer on Maori vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maori and Khmer Language Codes

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

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