Malay to Khmer Translator

Primarily spoken in Cambodia, with communities in Vietnam (Mekong Delta), Thailand, and Khmer diaspora in the United States, France, and Australia.

Uses Khmer script with 74 letters including 33 consonants and 23 vowels: ក, ខ, គ, ឃ, ង, ច, ឆ, ជ, ឈ, ញ, ដ, ឋ, ឌ, ឍ, ណ, ត, ថ, ទ, ធ, ន, ប, ផ, ព, ភ, ម, យ, រ, ល, វ, ស, ហ, ឡ, អ

Features complex vowel system with 31 vowel phonemes, register distinction in consonants, and no lexical tone but prosodic stress patterns.

Subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Isolating language with extensive use of particles and serial verb constructions.

Contains loanwords from Sanskrit, Pali, French, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, and increasingly English.

Part of the Austroasiatic family, specifically the Khmer branch, related to Vietnamese and Mon.

Uses Khmer script, one of the longest continuously used writing systems, derived from ancient Brahmi script.

Khmer script developed in 7th century CE from South Indian scripts, used continuously with evolutionary changes over 1,300+ years.

Approximately 16 million speakers worldwide, with about 14.8 million in Cambodia.

Widely spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian, which is a standardized dialect of Malay), Brunei, and Singapore. It also has speakers in southern Thailand, southern Philippines, and among some communities in Australia.

Uses the Latin alphabet primarily in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. The letters used are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Features a simple phonetic structure with a total of 20 phonemes. Vowel length can distinguish meanings.

Subject-verb-object (SVO) order is typical. Tense is not inflected but rather indicated by time adverbs or context.

Includes numerous loanwords from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and English, reflecting its historical and trading influences.

Part of the Austronesian language family, within the Malayo-Polynesian branch.

Currently uses the Latin script. Historically, also used Jawi, an Arabic script, especially in religious contexts.

Transitioned from Jawi to Latin script during the 20th century, influenced by colonial and educational reforms.

Approximately 290 million speakers, including those who speak Indonesian as a standardized form of Malay, making it one of the most spoken languages in the world.