Countries
Cambodia
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
ND
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
ND
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
ND
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
ND
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
khmer central
  
télougou
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
14
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Telugu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
telu1262
  
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