Cantonese and Khmer
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Cambodia
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
谢谢
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
你好吗？
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
晚上好
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
下午好
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
早上好
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
再见
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
我爱你
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
cantonais
khmer central
German Name
Kantonesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Khmer Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
ISO 639 3
No data available
khm
Glottocode
cant1236
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Khmer Speaking population
Cantonese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Khmer on Cantonese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Khmer Language Codes
Cantonese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.