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Nepali and Khmer


Khmer and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
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
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
कृपया  
សូម  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
សូរី  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
népalais  
khmer central  

German Name
Nepali  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
19 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
59  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
khm  

ISO 639 3
npi  
khm  

ISO 639 6
nep  
khm  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
12  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Nepali and Khmer Speaking population

Nepali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Khmer on Nepali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Khmer Language Codes

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