Countries
Cambodia
Myanmar
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
ND
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ND
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
ND
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
ND
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
ND
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ND
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
ND
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ND
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ND
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Intha
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
khmer central
birman
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Bamar people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
sout3159
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Khmer and Burmese 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 Khmer and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Burmese Speaking population
Khmer and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Khmer and Burmese on Khmer vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Burmese Language Codes
Khmer and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
