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Khmer vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
17  
14

How Many Consonants
33  
23
27  
17

Scripts
Khmer  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
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)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Khmer and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Kashmiri language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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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.

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