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Javanese and Khmer


Khmer and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Australia, France, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Khmer   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
ND   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
ND   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
ND   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
ND   

Please
Not Available   
ND   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
ND   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
ND   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
ND   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Northern Khmer   

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

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

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Vietnam   

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

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
javanais   
khmer central   

German Name
Javanisch   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
450 AD   
14   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Modern Khmer   

Language Position
11   
10
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
khm   

ISO 639 3
jav   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Javanese and Khmer Speaking population

Javanese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Khmer on Javanese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Khmer Language Codes

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

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