Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2433
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Khmer
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
terima kasih
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Selamat Malam
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
sila
សូម
Sorry
maaf
សូរី
Bye
Selamat tinggal
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million13.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
malais
khmer central
German Name
Malaiisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
c. 683 AD
14
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Khmer
Language Position
541
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
khm
ISO 639 2/B
may
khm
ISO 639 3
zsm
khm
ISO 639 6
may
khm
Glottocode
stan1306
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating