Countries
Cambodia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
ND
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ND
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
ND
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
ND
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
khmer central
  
marathe
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
14
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Khmer and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Marathi language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Marathi Difficulty
The Khmer vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.