National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Khmer
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ND
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ND
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ND
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ND
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
ND
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
ND
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ND
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
ND
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ND
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
khmer central
lao
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Not Available
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Lao
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
laoo1244
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating
All Khmer and Lao 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 Lao dialects. Various dialects of Khmer and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khmer are spoken in different Khmer Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khmer vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer, Khmer Krom. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khmer and Lao Speaking population
Khmer and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Lao on Khmer vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khmer and Lao Language Codes
Khmer and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khmer and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
