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Khmer vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Philippines  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Khmer  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
រាត្រីលា  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
សូម  
mangngegda  

Sorry
សូរី  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  
Pakada  

I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
khmer central  
ilocano  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
14  
18th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
1  
1
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
khm  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
khm  
ilo  

Glottocode
khme1253  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
48-ACB  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Khmer and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Ilocano language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Ilocano Language History.

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Khmer and Ilocano Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Ilocano language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor) or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Khmer vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Ilocano Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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