Countries
Cambodia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
ND
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ND
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
ND
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
ND
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
khmer central
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
14
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Kashmiri language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Kashmiri word for "Thank You" is शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Kashmiri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Kashmiri Difficulty
The Khmer vs Kashmiri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Kashmiri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Kashmiri time required is 44 weeks.