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Khmer vs Assamese


Assamese vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Lao Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
41  
30

Scripts
Khmer  
Bengali  

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
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ND  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
ND  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
ND  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
ND  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
ND  
suprobhaat  

Please
ND  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
ND  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
ND  
biḍai  

I Love You
ND  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
ND  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Kamrupi  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
6,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Western Assam  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Assam  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
khmer central  
assamais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
14  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Assamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 3
khm  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
59-AAF-w  

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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Khmer and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Assamese language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Assamese Language History.

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Khmer and Assamese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Assamese language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Assamese Difficulty

The Khmer vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.

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