Countries
Cambodia
Thailand
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
Not Available
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
ND
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
ND
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
ND
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
ND
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Sorry
ND
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
I Love You
ND
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ND
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Isan
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Isan
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Thai
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
thai1261
Linguasphere
Not Available
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
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.