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Khmer vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
24   
14

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Hai   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
ND   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
ND   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
ND   
Selamat pagi   

Please
ND   
sila   

Sorry
ND   
maaf   

Bye
ND   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ND   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
ND   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Not Available   

French Name
khmer central   
malais   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
may   

ISO 639 3
khm   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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Khmer and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Malaysian language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Khmer vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Khmer vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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