Igbo and Khmer
Countries
Nigeria
Cambodia
National Language
Nigeria
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
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Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
kedụ
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
dalụ
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ka chi fo
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
Kachifo
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Dialect 1
Enuani
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Not present
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
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Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
igbo
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
igbo
khmer central
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
30th Century BC
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1417
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
All Igbo 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 Igbo and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Khmer Speaking population
Igbo and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Khmer on Igbo vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Khmer Language Codes
Igbo and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.