Khmer and Cantonese
Countries
Cambodia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Lao Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
谢谢
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
你好吗？
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Hong Kong
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
khmer central
Not Available
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Not Available
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
km
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
khm
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
khm
Not Available
ISO 639 3
khm
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
cant1236
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Khmer and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Cantonese Speaking population
Khmer and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Khmer vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Cantonese Language Codes
Khmer and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.