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English and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
South Africa  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
21  
11

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Hello  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
How are you?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Good Night  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Good Morning  

Please
សូម  
Please  

Sorry
សូរី  
Sorry  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Bye  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
I love you  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
American English  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
English  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
English  

French Name
khmer central  
anglais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
English people  

History

Origin
14  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard English  

Language Position
1  
1
3  
3

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
eng  

ISO 639 3
khm  
eng  

ISO 639 6
khm  
engs  

Glottocode
khme1253  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and English Speaking population

Khmer and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and English languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Khmer vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and English Language Codes

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

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