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Cantonese and Khmer


Khmer and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
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
Hawaii   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
33   
23

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
ND   

Thank You
谢谢   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
晚安   
ND   

Good Evening
晚上好   
ND   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
ND   

Good Morning
早上好   
ND   

Please
请   
ND   

Sorry
遗憾   
ND   

Bye
再见   
ND   

I Love You
我爱你   
ND   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
Not Available   
khmer central   

German Name
Not Available   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
17th century   
14   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
khm   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Khmer Speaking population

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Cantonese and Khmer Language Codes

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