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Punjabi and Khmer


Khmer and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
20   
17

How Many Consonants
41   
30
33   
23

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
ND   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
ND   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
ND   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
ND   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
ND   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
ND   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
ND   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
ND   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
ND   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
5
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
Not Available   

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
pendjabi   
khmer central   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
khm   

ISO 639 3
pan   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Punjabi and Khmer Speaking population

Punjabi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Khmer on Punjabi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Khmer Language Codes

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