Countries
Cambodia
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast 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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
ND
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
ND
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
ND
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
ND
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
khmer central
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
14
  
1700
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Meithei Speaking population
Khmer and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei 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 Meithei on Khmer vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Meithei Language Codes
Khmer and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.