Countries
Cambodia
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ND
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
ND
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
ND
  
azafady
  
Sorry
ND
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
ND
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
ND
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
khmer central
  
malgache
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
14
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Malagasy Speaking population
Khmer and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Khmer vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Malagasy Language Codes
Khmer and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.