Countries
Cambodia
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
hola
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
ND
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
ND
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
ND
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
ND
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
ND
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
ND
  
triste
  
Bye
ND
  
adiós
  
I Love You
ND
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
ND
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
khmer central
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Kambodschanisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
km
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
khm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
khm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
khm
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khme1253
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic