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Urdu and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
40   
29

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
ND   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
ND   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
ND   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
ND   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
ND   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
ND   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
ND   
الوداع   

I Love You
ND   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
ND   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Dakhini   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
India   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Bihari   

French Name
khmer central   
ourdou   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
Not Available   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
urd   

ISO 639 3
khm   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Khmer and Urdu Speaking population

Khmer and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Khmer vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Urdu Language Codes

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

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