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Maithili and Khmer


Khmer and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
ND   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
ND   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
ND   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
ND   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
ND   

Please
kripaya   
ND   

Sorry
maf karai   
ND   

Bye
Alavidā   
ND   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
ND   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
North India   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
maithili   
khmer central   

German Name
Maithili   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
14th century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
khm   

ISO 639 3
mai   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Maithili and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maithili and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Khmer Speaking population

Maithili and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maithili and Khmer on Maithili vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Khmer Language Codes

Maithili and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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