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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Italian Language
Lao Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

620
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2033
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Khmer

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

Merci
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

bonne Nuit
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

bonsoir
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

Bonjour
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

S'il vous plaît
សូម

Sorry

désolé
សូរី

Bye

au revoir
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

Je t'aime
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Africa
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

Français
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

français
khmer central

German Name

Französisch
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

French people
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

9th Century
14

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Standard French
Modern Khmer

Language Position

131
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
khm

ISO 639 2/B

fre
khm

ISO 639 3

fra
khm

ISO 639 6

fras
khm

Glottocode

stan1290
khme1253

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

French and Khmer Alphabets

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

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

French and Khmer Speaking population

French and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of French and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Khmer on French vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Khmer Language Codes

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