Japanese and Khmer
National Language
Japan
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Korean Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ND
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ND
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ND
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ND
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
ND
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ND
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ND
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ND
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ND
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Hakata
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
kansai
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
日本語
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
japonais
khmer central
German Name
Japanisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
khme1253
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Khmer Speaking population
Japanese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Khmer on Japanese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Khmer Language Codes
Japanese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
