Countries
Countries
Cambodia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Lao Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
205
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3323
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Hola
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Gràcies
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Com estàs?
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
Bona nit
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
Bona tarda
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bon dia
Please
សូម
Sisplau
Sorry
សូរី
Perdó!
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Adéu
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
T'estimo
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Caló
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Valencian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Spain
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
13.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
català
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
khmer central
catalan; valencien
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Catalan people
History
Origin
14
c. 1028
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
km
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
cat
ISO 639 2/B
khm
cat
ISO 639 3
khm
cat
ISO 639 6
khm
cat
Glottocode
khme1253
stan1289
Linguasphere
48-ACB
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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