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Mongolian and Khmer


Khmer and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Mongolia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35   
17
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
33   
23

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   
ND   

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   
ND   

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   
ND   

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   
ND   

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)   
ND   

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   
ND   

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)   
ND   

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   
ND   

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
mongol   
khmer central   

German Name
Mongolisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
1224-1225   
14   

Language Family
Mongolic family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Mongolian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mn   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
mon   
khm   

ISO 639 3
mon   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mong1331   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b   
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 Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Khmer Speaking population

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

Mongolian and Khmer Language Codes

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

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