Countries
Myanmar
Cambodia
National Language
Myanmar
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ND
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ND
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ND
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ND
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ND
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ND
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ND
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
ND
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ND
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ND
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Intha
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Burma
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
birman
khmer central
German Name
Birmanisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Burmese 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 Burmese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Khmer Speaking population
Burmese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Khmer on Burmese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Khmer Language Codes
Burmese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.