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Maltese and Khmer


Khmer and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
ND   

Thank You
Grazzi   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ND   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
ND   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
ND   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
ND   

Sorry
Skużani!   
ND   

Bye
Ċaw   
ND   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
ND   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
maltais   
khmer central   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
14   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
khm   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Maltese and Khmer Speaking population

Maltese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available 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 Maltese and Khmer on Maltese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Khmer Language Codes

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

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