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Khmer and Hmong


Hmong and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
14  
11

How Many Consonants
33  
23
60  
36

Scripts
Khmer  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ND  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
ND  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
ND  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
ND  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
ND  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
ND  
thov  

Sorry
ND  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
ND  
Not Available  

I Love You
ND  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
ND  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer  
Hmong Njua  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00  
26
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
China  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
24
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Western Khmer  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer  
Mong  

French Name
khmer central  
hmong  

German Name
Kambodschanisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
14  
19  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer  
Hmong  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
km  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
khm  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
khm  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khme1253  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
Not Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Khmer and Hmong Speaking population

Khmer and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Hmong on Khmer vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Hmong Language Codes

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

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