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Countries

Countries

Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

-

Interesting Facts

  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Lao Language

Derived From

Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

20
Rank: 17 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

33
Rank: 23 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Khmer

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

សូម

Sorry

សូរី

Bye

លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

1,400,000.00
Rank: 58 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

Vietnam

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.00
Rank: 62 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Khmer

Where They Speak

Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

16,000,000.00
Rank: 27 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

16.00 million
Rank: 45 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %
Rank: 44 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

khmer central

German Name

Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

14

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Modern Khmer

Language Position

1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

khm

ISO 639 2/B

khm

ISO 639 3

khm

ISO 639 6

khm

Glottocode

khme1253

Linguasphere

48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

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 as second language by about 16.00 million people. 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.