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
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
India
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
Not Available
59-AAF-sa
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.