Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Cambodia
National Language
China, Taiwan
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
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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
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ND
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ND
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ND
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ND
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ND
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Yue
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
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Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
chinois
khmer central
German Name
Chinesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
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[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Han
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
khme1253
Linguasphere
79-AAA
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Chinese 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 Chinese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Khmer Speaking population
Chinese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Khmer on Chinese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Khmer Language Codes
Chinese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.