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Filipino vs Khmer


Khmer vs Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
28   
10
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
23   
13
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
ND   

Thank You
Salamat   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Filipino and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Khmer language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Filipino and Khmer Language History.

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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.

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