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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cambodia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
133
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Lao Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5326
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
205
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3321
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Khmer
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
47
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ND
Hello
3.2 Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
ND
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
ND
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
ND
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ND
Good Morning
3.8 Please
ND
Please
3.9 Sorry
ND
Sorry
3.10 Bye
ND
Bye
3.11 I Love You
ND
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
ND
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Vietnam
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.004,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
6188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
16.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.24 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
13.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
khmer central
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Kambodschanisch
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
14
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
NA3
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
km
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
khm
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
khm
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
khm
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
khme1253
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
Not Available
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Khmer vs English Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Khmer vs English speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Khmer or English language.

  • Khmer is spoken as a national language in: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Khmer and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Khmer language is not available and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Khmer and English.

Khmer and English Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and English language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and English Language History.

Khmer and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and English language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs English Difficulty

The Khmer vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.