Chinese and Khmer as Minority Language
In Chinese and Khmer speaking countries you will get the countries which have Chinese and Khmer as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.
- Khmer as minority language: Australia, France, United States of America.
If you want to compare Chinese and Khmer dialects, then you can go to Chinese vs Khmer Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Chinese and Khmer Regulators
Chinese and Khmer speaking countries provide you Chinese and Khmer regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Khmer is not regulated. Also get to learn, Chinese and Khmer Language History.
Chinese and Khmer Continents
Thinking about Chinese and Khmer continents in which Chinese and Khmer speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Khmer. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Khmer speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Chinese and Khmer languages:
Chinese Interesting Facts:
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Khmer Interesting Facts:
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
The Chinese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Chinese language is similar to Lao Language and derived from Pali and Sanskrit Languages.