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Japanese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Palau  

Regulated By
-  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
14  
4

Scripts
Khmer  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
សូម  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
សូរី  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Sanuki  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Nihongo  

French Name
khmer central  
japonais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
14  
1185  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Japanese  

Language Position
1  
1
8  
8

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
khm  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
khm  
jpn  

Glottocode
khme1253  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Khmer and Japanese Speaking population

Khmer and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Khmer vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Japanese Language Codes

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

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