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Marathi and Khmer


Khmer and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
India  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
20  
17

How Many Consonants
36  
26
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
សូម  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
សូរី  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
marathe  
khmer central  

German Name
Marathi  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
10th century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
17  
15
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mar  
khm  

ISO 639 6
mar  
khm  

Glottocode
mara1378  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
omr  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Marathi and Khmer Speaking population

Marathi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Khmer on Marathi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Khmer Language Codes

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

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