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Khmer and Santali


Santali and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Khmer   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Henda ho   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
ND   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
ND   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ND   
Boge Setak’   

Please
ND   
Not Available   

Sorry
ND   
Not Available   

Bye
ND   
Not Available   

I Love You
ND   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
ND   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Mahali   

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

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
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
khmer central   
santal   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
14   
20th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
sat   

ISO 639 3
khm   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

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

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Khmer and Santali Speaking population

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

Khmer and Santali Language Codes

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

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