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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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