Tamil and Khmer Speaking countries

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Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Asia

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Malayalam

Cambodia

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Not spoken in any of the countries

Asia

Australia, France, United States of America

Khmer is not the tonal language.
Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Lao Language

Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Tamil vs Khmer Countries

Comparing Tamil vs Khmer countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Tamil and Khmer languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Tamil is official language is whereas total number of countries where Khmer is official language is

Find if Tamil and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Tamil and Khmer speaking countries will give you the presence of Tamil and Khmer languages in different countries. Along with Tamil vs Khmer countries, you can also compare Tamil vs Khmer.

Tamil and Khmer as Minority Language

In Tamil and Khmer speaking countries you will get the countries which have Tamil and Khmer as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Tamil as minority language: .
Khmer as minority language: .

If you want to compare Tamil and Khmer dialects, then you can go to Tamil vs Khmer. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Tamil and Khmer Regulators

Tamil and Khmer speaking countries provide you Tamil and Khmer regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Tamil language.Khmer is regulated by . Also get to learn, Tamil vs Khmer.

Tamil and Khmer Continents

Thinking about Tamil and Khmer continents in which Tamil and Khmer speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Tamil and Khmer. Most of the Tamil speaking countries lie in . While Khmer speaking countries lie in . Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Tamil and Khmer languages:

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The Tamil language was derived from and is similar to whereas Tamil language is similar to and derived from .