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Khmer vs Hindi


Hindi vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
11  
8

How Many Consonants
33  
23
33  
23

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  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
ND  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
ND  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ND  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
ND  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
ND  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
ND  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
ND  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
ND  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
ND  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
khmer central  
hindi  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
14  
7th Century  

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  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
Not Available  
5  
5

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 3
khm  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
khme1253  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Khmer and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Hindi language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Hindi Language History.

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Khmer and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Hindi language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Hindi Difficulty

The Khmer vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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