Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Cambodia
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 in
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Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
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
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ND
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ND
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Kokan
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Marathi
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
khme1253
Linguasphere
omr
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Marathi 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 Marathi and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Khmer language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Khmer Difficulty
The Marathi vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.