Countries
Philippines
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
ND
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
ND
  
Please
Palihug
  
ND
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
ND
  
Bye
Babay
  
ND
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
cebuano
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
16th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian 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 Cebuano
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Khmer language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Khmer Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.