Countries
India, No official status
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
India
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Maithili and Magahi
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ND
  
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
  
ND
  
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
ND
  
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ND
  
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
ND
  
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
bhojpuri
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Bhojpuri
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
19th Century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bho
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
bho
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
bho
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bhoj1246
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Bhojpuri and Khmer Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bhojpuri and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Khmer language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Khmer Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bhojpuri and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.