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Khmer and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
14  
4
33  
23

Scripts
Kana  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
សូម  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
សូរី  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
日本語  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
japonais  
khmer central  

German Name
Japanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1185  
14  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
8  
8
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
khm  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
khm  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Japanese and Khmer Speaking population

Japanese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Khmer on Japanese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Khmer Language Codes

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

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