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Thai and Khmer


Khmer and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
20  
17

How Many Consonants
44  
33
33  
23

Scripts
Thai  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
សូម  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
សូរី  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Northern Khmer  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
thaï  
khmer central  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
14  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
47  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
khm  

ISO 639 3
tha  
khm  

ISO 639 6
tha  
khm  

Glottocode
thai1261  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Thai and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Thai and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Thai and Khmer Speaking population

Thai and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Thai and Khmer on Thai vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Khmer Language Codes

Thai and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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