Countries
Cambodia
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
ND
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
ND
  
ND
  
Good Evening
ND
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
ND
  
Good Morning
ND
  
ND
  
Please
ND
  
ND
  
Sorry
ND
  
ND
  
Bye
ND
  
ND
  
I Love You
ND
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
khmer central
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
14
  
14
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Khmer and Khmer Speaking population
Khmer and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Khmer vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Khmer Language Codes
Khmer and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.