Countries
India
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
India
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
ND
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
ND
  
Please
Not Available
  
ND
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
ND
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
ND
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
oriya
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
3 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Oriya 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 Oriya and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Khmer language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Khmer Difficulty
The Oriya vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya 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 Oriya and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.