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Khmer and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
ND   

Thank You
Thank you   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Good Night   
ND   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
ND   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
ND   

Please
Please   
ND   

Sorry
Sorry   
ND   

Bye
Bye   
ND   

I Love You
I love you   
ND   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
anglais   
khmer central   

German Name
Englisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
khm   

ISO 639 3
eng   
khm   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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English and Khmer Speaking population

English and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of English and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Khmer on English vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Khmer Language Codes

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

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