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Khmer and Mongolian


Mongolian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
China, Mongolia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
13   
10

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Khmer   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
ND   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
ND   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
ND   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
ND   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
ND   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
ND   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
ND   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
ND   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Khalkha Mongolian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
mongol   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 3
khm   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Khmer and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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