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Khmer and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
16   
13

How Many Consonants
33   
23
36   
26

Scripts
Khmer   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
ND   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
ND   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
ND   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
ND   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
ND   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
ND   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
ND   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
ND   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
ND   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
ND   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
sanskrit   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
san   

ISO 639 3
khm   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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

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Khmer and Sanskrit Speaking population

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

Khmer and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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