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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2133
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Khmer

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

Thank you
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

How are you?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

Good Night
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

Please
សូម

Sorry

Sorry
សូរី

Bye

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

I love you
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

United States of America
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1886
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

English
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

anglais
khmer central

German Name

Englisch
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

English people
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

5th Century AD
14

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Standard English
Modern Khmer

Language Position

31
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
khm

ISO 639 2/B

eng
khm

ISO 639 3

eng
khm

ISO 639 6

engs
khm

Glottocode

stan1293
khme1253

Linguasphere

52-ABA
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

English and Khmer Alphabets

English and Khmer Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Khmer. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn English and Khmer languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Khmer languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Khmer greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Khmer Speaking population

English and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of English and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Khmer on English vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Khmer Language Codes

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