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Khmer and Thai


Thai and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
32  
21

How Many Consonants
33  
23
44  
33

Scripts
Khmer  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
1,400,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
40.00 million  
21

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
1  
1
47  
99+

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  

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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.

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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.

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