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Khmer and Bengali


Bengali and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
11   
8

How Many Consonants
33   
23
40   
29

Scripts
Khmer   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
ND   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
ND   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
ND   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
ND   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
ND   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
ND   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
ND   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
ND   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Chakma   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
khmer central   
bengali   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
14   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
ben   

ISO 639 3
khm   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Bengali Speaking population

Khmer and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Khmer and Bengali on Khmer vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Bengali Language Codes

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

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