Countries
Cambodia
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Halo
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
ND
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
ND
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ND
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
ND
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ND
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
khmer central
  
madourais
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Madurese
  
Origin
14
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
madu1247
  
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 Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Madurese language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Madurese Difficulty
The Khmer vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.