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Khmer and Lao


Lao
Lao and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
28   
20

How Many Consonants
33   
23
27   
17

Scripts
Khmer   
Thai and Lao Braille   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
ND   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
ND   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
ND   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
ND   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
ND   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
ND   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
ND   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
ND   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
ND   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Vientiane Lao   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

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   

History

Origin
14   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
lao   

ISO 639 3
khm   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
laoo1244   

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   
Isolating   

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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.

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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.

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