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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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