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Khmer and Indonesian


Indonesian and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
19   
9

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Halo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
ND   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
ND   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
ND   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
ND   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
ND   
maaf   

Bye
ND   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ND   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
ND   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Sundanese   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
46   
30

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
khmer central   
indonésien   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
14   
7th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
ind   

ISO 639 3
khm   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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

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Khmer and Indonesian Speaking population

Khmer and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Khmer vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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