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Marathi and Khmer


Khmer and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
India   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Konkani Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
20   
17

How Many Consonants
36   
26
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
ND   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
ND   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
ND   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
ND   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
ND   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
ND   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
ND   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
ND   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
Not Available   

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
marathe   
khmer central   

German Name
Marathi   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
10th century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
17   
15
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
khm   

ISO 639 3
mar   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
omr   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Marathi and Khmer Speaking population

Marathi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Khmer on Marathi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Khmer Language Codes

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

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