Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Telugu
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
ND
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
ND
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
ND
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
ND
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
ND
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
kannada
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
c. 450
  
14
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Kannada 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 Kannada and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Khmer language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Khmer Difficulty
The Kannada vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada 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 Kannada and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.