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Khmer vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
11   
8

How Many Consonants
33   
23
34   
24

Scripts
Khmer   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
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)   

Dialects

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
16,000.00   
99+

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
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.43 %   
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   

History

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   
37   
29

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Khmer and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Bhojpuri language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Bhojpuri Language History.

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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.

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