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Malaysian and Khmer


Khmer and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

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

Similar To
Indonesian Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
24   
14
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
ND   

Thank You
terima kasih   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
ND   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
ND   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
ND   

Please
sila   
ND   

Sorry
maaf   
ND   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
ND   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
ND   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Musi   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
malais   
khmer central   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
14   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
khm   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malaysian and Khmer Speaking population

Malaysian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Khmer on Malaysian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Khmer Language Codes

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

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