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Khmer and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Bhutan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dzongkha Development Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Sikkimese Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Tibetan Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
30   
20

Scripts
Khmer   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Kuzoozangpo La   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Kaadinchhey La   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?   

Good Night
ND   
lek shom ay zim   

Good Evening
ND   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ND   
Not Available   

Please
ND   
Not Available   

Sorry
ND   
Tsip maza   

Bye
ND   
Log Jay Gay   

I Love You
ND   
Nga cheu lu ga   

Excuse Me
ND   
Tsip maza   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Laya   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
0.64 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
0.17 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.47 million   
37

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar   

French Name
khmer central   
dzongkha   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Dzongkha   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Ngalop people   

History

Origin
14   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Dzongkha   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
dz   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
dzo   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
dzo   

ISO 639 3
khm   
dzo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
nucl1307   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data Available   

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

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Khmer and Dzongkha Speaking population

Khmer and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available. 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 Dzongkha on Khmer vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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