Countries
Cambodia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2028
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3327
9
60
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Scripts
Khmer
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
រាត្រីលា
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
លើកលែងរសៀល
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
សូម
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
សូរី
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
សូមទាញយក
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
13.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
khmer central
lao
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Lao people
Origin
14
1283 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Lao
Language Position
143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khmer Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
khm
lao
ISO 639 2/B
khm
lao
ISO 639 3
khm
lao
ISO 639 6
khm
lao
Glottocode
khme1253
laoo1244
Linguasphere
48-ACB
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating