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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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