Countries
Cambodia
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ND
  
pranam
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
ND
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
ND
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
ND
  
maf karai
  
Bye
ND
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
ND
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
khmer central
  
maithili
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Maithil
  
Origin
14
  
14th century
  
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
  
Standard Maithili
  
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
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
mait1250
  
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 Maithili 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 Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Maithili language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Maithili Difficulty
The Khmer vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.