Countries
Cambodia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
ND
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
ND
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
ND
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
ND
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
khmer central
  
kannada
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
14
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Kannada language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Kannada Difficulty
The Khmer vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.