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Khmer and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
20   
17

How Many Consonants
14   
4
33   
23

Scripts
Kana   
Khmer   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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?)   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

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   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
ND   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
ND   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Northern Khmer   

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
13.00 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
1185   
14   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
khm   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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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.

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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.

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