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Khmer and Cebuano


Cebuano and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
16  
6

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Hoy  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
ND  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
ND  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
ND  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
ND  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
ND  
Palihug  

Sorry
ND  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
ND  
Babay  

I Love You
ND  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
ND  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Boholano  

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
southern Leyte  

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
northern part of Leyte  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
khmer central  
cebuano  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
14  
16th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
Not Available  
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
khm  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Khmer and Cebuano Speaking population

Khmer and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Khmer vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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