Countries
Cambodia
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Lao Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5340
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2021
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3319
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
សូម
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
សូរី
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Jeju
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Vietnam
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
khmer central
coréen
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Koreans
Origin
14
Before 1st century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
kor
ISO 639 2/B
khm
kor
ISO 639 3
khm
Kor
ISO 639 6
khm
kor
Glottocode
khme1253
kore1280
Linguasphere
48-ACB
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative