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Indonesian and Khmer


Khmer and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
19   
9
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
ND   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
ND   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
ND   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
ND   

Please
mohon Untuk   
ND   

Sorry
maaf   
ND   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
ND   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
ND   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
indonésien   
khmer central   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
7th Century   
14   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
khm   

ISO 639 3
ind   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Indonesian and Khmer Speaking population

Indonesian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Khmer on Indonesian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Khmer Language Codes

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

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