Countries
Thailand
Cambodia
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)
Not Available
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ND
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ND
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ND
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ND
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
ND
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ND
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
ND
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ND
Dialect 1
Isan
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Isan
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
khme1253
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.