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Khmer and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
20   
10
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
ND   

Thank You
Merci   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
ND   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
ND   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
ND   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
ND   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
ND   

Sorry
désolé   
ND   

Bye
au revoir   
ND   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
ND   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
African French   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Cambodia, Thailand   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
français   
khmer central   

German Name
Französisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
9th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
khm   

ISO 639 3
fra   
khm   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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French and Khmer Speaking population

French and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of French and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Khmer on French vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Khmer Language Codes

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

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