Countries
Cambodia
  
India
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
ND
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
ND
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
ND
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
ND
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ND
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
ND
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
ND
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
khmer central
  
oriya
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Odias
  
Origin
14
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
macr1269
  
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
  
Khmer and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Oriya language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Oriya Difficulty
The Khmer vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.