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Khmer and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
11   
8

How Many Consonants
33   
23
34   
24

Scripts
Khmer   
Devanagari   

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
ND   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
ND   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
ND   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
ND   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
ND   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
ND   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
ND   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
ND   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
ND   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
khmer central   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
19th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
Not Available   
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
bho   

ISO 639 3
khm   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
59-AAF-sa   

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

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Khmer and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Khmer and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Khmer vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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