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Khmer and Maori


Maori and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
New Zealand   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Australia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Māori Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
  • The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Tahitian Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
20   
2

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
10   
2

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Hello   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Mauruuru koutou   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
E pēhea ana koe ?   

Good Night
ND   
Night pai   

Good Evening
ND   
pai ahiahi   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Afternoon pai   

Good Morning
ND   
Morning pai   

Please
ND   
Tēnā   

Sorry
ND   
Aroha mai   

Bye
ND   
poroporoaki   

I Love You
ND   
Aroha ahau ki a koe   

Excuse Me
ND   
tukua ahau   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
South Island Māori   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Western North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
New Zealand   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Eastern North Island Maori   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
New Zealand   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
0.18 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
te Reo Māori   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
New Zealand Maori   

French Name
khmer central   
maori   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Maori-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Māori people   

History

Origin
14   
1814   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Polynesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Maori   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
mi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
mri   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
mao   

ISO 639 3
khm   
mri   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
maor1246   

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

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Khmer and Maori Speaking population

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

Khmer and Maori Language Codes

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

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