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Portuguese and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Portugal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
19   
9

Scripts
Khmer   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Olá   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
obrigado   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Como você está?   

Good Night
ND   
boa noite   

Good Evening
ND   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
ND   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
ND   
bom Dia   

Please
ND   
Por Favor   

Sorry
ND   
pesaroso   

Bye
ND   
tchau   

I Love You
ND   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
ND   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Brazilian Portuguese   

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

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Português   

French Name
khmer central   
portugais   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
14   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
por   

ISO 639 3
khm   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
port1283   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Portuguese Speaking population

Khmer and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Khmer vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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