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Khmer and Tagalog


Tagalog and Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
18   
8

Scripts
Khmer   
Baybayin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Kamusta   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
ND   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
ND   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
ND   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
ND   
pakiusap   

Sorry
ND   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
ND   
Paálam   

I Love You
ND   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
ND   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Batangas Tagalog   

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

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

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Philippines   

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

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
khmer central   
tagalog   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
14   
1593   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Filipino   

Language Position
Not Available   
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
khm   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Khmer and Tagalog Speaking population

Khmer and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khmer and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Khmer and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Khmer vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khmer and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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