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Sanskrit and Khmer


Khmer and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
20   
17

How Many Consonants
36   
26
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
ND   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
ND   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
ND   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
ND   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
ND   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
ND   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ND   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
ND   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
ND   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

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

Dialect 2
Not present   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Not present   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
sanskrit   
khmer central   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
khm   

ISO 639 3
san   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Sanskrit and Khmer Speaking population

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

Sanskrit and Khmer Language Codes

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

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