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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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