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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Tagalog Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
ND
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
ND
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
ND
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
ND
  
Bye
Paalam
  
ND
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
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
Filipino
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Khmer language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Khmer Difficulty
The Filipino vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.