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Khmer vs Konkani


Konkani vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Govenment of Goa  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
16  
13

How Many Consonants
33  
23
36  
26

Scripts
Khmer  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Namaskar  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
ND  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
ND  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Not Available  

Good Morning
ND  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
ND  
Chike  

Sorry
ND  
Maf kor  

Bye
ND  
Adeus  

I Love You
ND  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
ND  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
khmer central  
konkani  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
14  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
kok  

ISO 639 3
khm  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
goan1235  

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 Konkani Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Konkani language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Khmer and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Konkani language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Konkani Difficulty

The Khmer vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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