Countries
India, Nepal
Cambodia
National Language
Nepal
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Hindi
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ND
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ND
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ND
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ND
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ND
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ND
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ND
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ND
Dialect 1
Doteli
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Nepal
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Nepal
Cambodia, Thailand
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
népalais
khmer central
German Name
Nepali
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
khme1253
Linguasphere
12
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Khmer Speaking population
Nepali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Khmer on Nepali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Khmer Language Codes
Nepali and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.