Countries
Cambodia
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Lao Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Khmer
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ND
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ND
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ND
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ND
早安 (Zǎo ān)
I Love You
ND
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Vietnam
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Yue
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Not Available
French Name
khmer central
chinois
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Han
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
sini1245
Linguasphere
Not Available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Khmer and Chinese 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 Khmer and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Chinese Speaking population
Khmer and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Khmer and Chinese on Khmer vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Chinese Language Codes
Khmer and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.