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French and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
bonjour   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Merci   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
ND   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
ND   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
ND   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
ND   
Bonjour   

Please
ND   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
ND   
désolé   

Bye
ND   
au revoir   

I Love You
ND   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
ND   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
African French   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
français   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Français   

French Name
khmer central   
français   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
fre   

ISO 639 3
khm   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
khme1253   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Khmer and French Speaking population

Khmer and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and French languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Khmer vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and French Language Codes

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

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