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Khmer and Punjabi


Punjabi and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
41   
30

Scripts
Khmer   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ND   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
ND   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
ND   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
ND   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
ND   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
ND   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
ND   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
ND   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
ND   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Pothohari   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
khmer central   
pendjabi   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
14   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
pan   

ISO 639 3
khm   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Khmer and Punjabi Speaking population

Khmer and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Khmer vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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