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Countries

Countries

Cambodia
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Thailand

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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

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Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

Interesting Facts

  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Lao Language
Lao Language

Derived From

Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5344
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2032
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3344
9 60
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Scripts

Khmer
Thai

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

រាត្រីលា
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

លើកលែងរសៀល
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

សូម
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

សូរី
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

សូមទាញយក
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Khmer
Isan

Where They Speak

Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Isan

How Many People Speak

1,400,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Khmer Krom
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Khmer
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

Cambodia, Thailand
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

69
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ภาษาไทย

Alternative Names

Cambodian, Khmer
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

khmer central
thaï

German Name

Kambodschanisch
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

Khmer, Northern Khmer
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

14
1283 CE

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Khmer
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Modern Khmer
Thai

Language Position

147
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khmer Sign Language
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

km
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

khm
tha

ISO 639 2/B

khm
tha

ISO 639 3

khm
tha

ISO 639 6

khm
tha

Glottocode

khme1253
thai1261

Linguasphere

48-ACB
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Khmer and Thai Alphabets

Khmer and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Khmer and Thai. In Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Khmer and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Khmer and Thai languages. The Khmer phonology consist Khmer vowels and Khmer consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Khmer greetings vs Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Khmer and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Khmer and Thai Speaking population

Khmer and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Khmer vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Thai Language Codes

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