Countries
Cambodia
Fiji, India
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
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)
I Love You
ND
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ND
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Marwari
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Hindi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
khme1253
hind1269
Linguasphere
Not Available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
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.