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Portuguese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
9  
6

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Olá  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Como você está?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
boa noite  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
bom Dia  

Please
សូម  
Por Favor  

Sorry
សូរី  
pesaroso  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
tchau  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Brazilian Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Português  

French Name
khmer central  
portugais  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
14  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Portuguese  

Language Position
1  
1
6  
6

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
por  

ISO 639 3
khm  
por  

ISO 639 6
khm  
por  

Glottocode
khme1253  
port1283  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Khmer and Portuguese Speaking population

Khmer and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Khmer vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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