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Countries

Countries

Cambodia
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Australia, France, United States of America
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

Interesting Facts

  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Lao Language
Italian Language

Derived From

Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

206
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3320
9 60
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Scripts

Khmer
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
bonjour

Thank You

សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Merci

How Are You?

អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

រាត្រីលា
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

លើកលែងរសៀល
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង
Bonjour

Please

សូម
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

សូរី
désolé

Bye

លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
au revoir

I Love You

បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

សូមទាញយក
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Khmer
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

1,400,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Khmer Krom
African French

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Africa

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Khmer
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Cambodia, Thailand
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
français

Alternative Names

Cambodian, Khmer
Français

French Name

khmer central
français

German Name

Kambodschanisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Khmer, Northern Khmer
French people

History

Origin

14
9th Century

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Khmer
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Modern Khmer
Standard French

Language Position

113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khmer Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

km
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

khm
fra

ISO 639 2/B

khm
fre

ISO 639 3

khm
fra

ISO 639 6

khm
fras

Glottocode

khme1253
stan1290

Linguasphere

48-ACB
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Khmer and French Alphabets

Khmer and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Khmer and French. In Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Khmer and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Khmer and French languages. The Khmer phonology consist Khmer vowels and Khmer consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Khmer greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Khmer and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Khmer and French Speaking population

Khmer and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and French languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Khmer vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and French Language Codes

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