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Hindi vs Khmer


Khmer vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
20  
17

How Many Consonants
33  
23
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
ND  

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

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
ND  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
ND  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
ND  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
ND  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
ND  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
ND  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
ND  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
2
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
3
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
Not Available  

Native Name
हिन्दी  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
hindi  
khmer central  

German Name
Hindi  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
7th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
5  
5
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
khm  

ISO 639 3
hin  
khm  

ISO 639 6
hins  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hind1269  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Hindi and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Khmer language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Khmer Language History.

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Hindi 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 Hindi and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Khmer language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Khmer Difficulty

The Hindi vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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