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Malayalam vs Khmer


Khmer vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
20  
17

How Many Consonants
41  
30
33  
23

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
ND  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
ND  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
ND  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
ND  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
ND  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
ND  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
ND  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
ND  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ND  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Northern Khmer  

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

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

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
India  
Vietnam  

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

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
malayalam  
khmer central  

German Name
Malayalam  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mal  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
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
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Malayalam and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Khmer language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Malayalam and Khmer Language History.

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Malayalam and Khmer 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 Malayalam and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Khmer language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Khmer Difficulty

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

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