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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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