Khmer and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Khmer vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Khmer vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Khmer and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Khmer is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Khmer and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Khmer and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Khmer and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Khmer vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Khmer vs Sinhalese.

Khmer and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Khmer and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Khmer and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Khmer and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Khmer vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Khmer and Sinhalese Regulators

Khmer and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Khmer and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Khmer is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Khmer and Sinhalese Language History.

Khmer and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Khmer and Sinhalese continents in which Khmer and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Khmer and Sinhalese. Most of the Khmer speaking countries lie in Asia. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Khmer and Sinhalese languages:

Khmer Interesting Facts:

• Khmer is not the tonal language.
• Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Khmer language was derived from Pali and Sanskrit Languages and is similar to Lao Language whereas Khmer language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.