Countries
Cambodia
  
Laos
  
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
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
ND
  
Sôhk dii der
  
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
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.