Countries
Cambodia
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Indonesia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Lao Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3316
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Halo
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Nuhun
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Wilujeng énjing
Please
សូម
Mangga
Sorry
សូរី
Hapunten
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Punten
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Banten
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Bogor
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Bandung
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
16.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
khmer central
soundanais
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
14
5th century AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Sundanese
Language Position
142
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
sun
ISO 639 2/B
khm
sun
ISO 639 3
khm
sun
ISO 639 6
khm
sun
Glottocode
khme1253
sund1251
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
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