Countries
Philippines
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kablaaw
  
ND
  
Thank You
Agyamanak
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Naimbag a rabii
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat
  
ND
  
Please
Not available
  
ND
  
Sorry
Agpakawanak
  
ND
  
Bye
Pakada
  
ND
  
I Love You
Ayayatenka
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Balangao
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Bontoc
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Not present
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
9.10 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
9.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ilokano
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
ilocano
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Ilocano people
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
  
Modern Khmer
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ilo
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ilo
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
ilo
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ilok1237
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
31-CBA-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Khmer language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ilocano vs Khmer Difficulty
The Ilocano vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano 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 Ilocano and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is Not Available while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.