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Khmer Language



Countries

Countries
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

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
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Alphabets
53 32

Phonology

How Many Vowels
20 17

How Many Consonants
33 23

Scripts
Khmer

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
4 3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 58

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak
Vietnam

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00 62

Dialect 3
Western Khmer

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00 27

Total No. Of Dialects
6 6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million 45

Speaking Population
0.24 % 44

Native Speakers
13.00 million 43

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million 33

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 1

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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