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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cambodia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
1.9 Similar To
Lao Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
20
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
33
Rank: 23 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Khmer
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ND
3.2 Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
3.3 How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
3.4 Good Night
ND
3.5 Good Evening
ND
3.6 Good Afternoon
ND
3.7 Good Morning
ND
3.8 Please
ND
3.9 Sorry
ND
3.10 Bye
ND
3.11 I Love You
ND
3.12 Excuse Me
ND
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
1,400,000.00
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vietnam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
1,200,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Western Khmer
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.24 %
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
5.3.4 French Name
khmer central
5.3.5 German Name
Kambodschanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
5.5 Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
6 History
6.1 Origin
14
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
km
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
khm
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
khm
7.3 ISO 639 3
khm
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
khme1253
7.6 Linguasphere
Not Available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating

Origin of Khmer language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Khmer language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Khmer language states that it was put to use in 14. The history of Khmer language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Khmer Language History.The evolution of Khmer language began with early forms such as Proto-Khmer. Modern Khmer is the standard form of Khmer language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Khmer Language.

Khmer population

Khmer population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Khmer language. Khmer language is spoken by 16.00 million people in the world. Most of the Khmer population lies in the Khmer Speaking Countries. Khmer language is spoken as first language by 13.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Khmer as second language. Get to know Khmer speaking population in detail.

Khmer writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Khmer writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Khmer language. Some languages share common writing systems. Khmer script is used by Khmer language. Learn more about . 

Information about Khmer language

Check out all the information about Khmer language here. You may find it interesting to learn Khmer Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Khmer Speaking Countries, Khmer speaking continents and Khmer Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Khmer countries knowing common Khmer Greetings will help you in communicating with Khmer people.