Countries
Cambodia
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
zoo hmo
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
zoo tav su
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Sorry
សូរី
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Nyob zoo
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Laos
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Vietnam
China
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Vietnam
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Mong
French Name
khmer central
hmong
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Hmong people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Hmong
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
km
No data available
Glottocode
khme1253
firs1234
Linguasphere
48-ACB
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Khmer and Hmong 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 Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Hmong Speaking population
Khmer and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Khmer vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Hmong Language Codes
Khmer and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.