Countries
Cambodia
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
ND
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
ND
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
ND
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
ND
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
khmer central
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Bhojpuri language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Khmer vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.