Countries
Cambodia
India, Nepal
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Lao Language
Hindi
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
ND
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
ND
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ND
Good afternoon
Good Morning
ND
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
ND
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
ND
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
ND
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Doteli
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Nepal
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
khmer central
népalais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
nepa1254
Linguasphere
Not Available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
All Khmer and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Nepali Speaking population
Khmer and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Khmer vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Nepali Language Codes
Khmer and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.