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Urdu and Khmer


Khmer and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
20  
17

How Many Consonants
40  
29
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
សូម  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
សូរី  

Bye
الوداع  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
India  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
اُردُو  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
ourdou  
khmer central  

German Name
Urdu  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
20  
18
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
khm  

ISO 639 3
urd  
khm  

ISO 639 6
urd  
khm  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Urdu and Khmer Speaking population

Urdu and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Khmer on Urdu vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Khmer Language Codes

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

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