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Javanese and Khmer


Khmer and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Khmer  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
matur nuwun  
សូម  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
សូរី  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
basa Jawa  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
javanais  
khmer central  

German Name
Javanisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
450 AD  
14  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
11  
10
1  
1

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
khm  

ISO 639 3
jav  
khm  

ISO 639 6
jav  
khm  

Glottocode
java1253  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

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

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Javanese and Khmer Speaking population

Javanese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Khmer on Javanese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Khmer Language Codes

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

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