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Igbo and Khmer


Khmer and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
20   
17

How Many Consonants
28   
18
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
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
ND   

Thank You
dalụ   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
ND   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
ND   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
ND   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
ND   

Please
Biko   
ND   

Sorry
Ndo   
ND   

Bye
Not Available   
ND   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
ND   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Not present   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
igbo   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
igbo   
khmer central   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
14   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
57   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
khm   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
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
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Igbo and Khmer Speaking population

Igbo and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Khmer on Igbo vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Khmer Language Codes

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

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