Countries
Nigeria
  
Cambodia
  
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 in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
ND
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.