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Khmer and Indonesian


Indonesian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Halo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
សូម  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
សូរី  
maaf  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Sundanese  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
khmer central  
indonésien  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
14  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Indonesian  

Language Position
1  
1
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
ind  

ISO 639 3
khm  
ind  

ISO 639 6
khm  
ind  

Glottocode
khme1253  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Khmer and Indonesian Speaking population

Khmer and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Khmer vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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