Khmer and Igbo
Countries
Cambodia
Nigeria
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Lao Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
kedụ
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
dalụ
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Kachifo
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Enuani
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not present
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
igbo
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Ibo
French Name
khmer central
igbo
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Igbo people
Origin
14
30th Century BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
khme1253
nucl1417
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
Agglutinative
All Khmer and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Igbo Speaking population
Khmer and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Khmer vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Igbo Language Codes
Khmer and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.