Hmong and Khmer
Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Cambodia
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- 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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
ND
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ND
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
ND
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ND
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
ND
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
ND
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ND
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
China
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
Hmong
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Mong
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
hmong
khmer central
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
ISO 639 2/T
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khm
ISO 639 2/B
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khm
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
firs1234
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Hmong 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 Hmong and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hmong and Khmer Speaking population
Hmong and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % 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 Hmong and Khmer on Hmong vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Khmer Language Codes
Hmong and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.