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Khmer and Sundanese


Sundanese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin, Sundanese  

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
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Halo  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Western dialect  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
39.00 million  
22

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  

History

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
1  
1
42  
39

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Khmer and Sundanese Speaking population

Khmer and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Khmer vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Sundanese Language Codes

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

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