Countries
Philippines
Cambodia
National Language
Philippines
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat po
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Magandang gabi
ND
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
ND
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
ND
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
ND
I Love You
Iniibig kita
ND
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
ND
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Philippines
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Philippines
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
tagalog
khmer central
German Name
Tagalog
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Filipino
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
khme1253
Linguasphere
31-CKA
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Tagalog and Khmer 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 Tagalog and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Khmer language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Khmer Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog Alphabets and Khmer 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 Tagalog and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.