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Khmer and English


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
33  
2
1  
14

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
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

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
225,000,000.00  
4
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
16.00 million  
33

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
3  
3
1  
1

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  

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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.

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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.

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