Countries
Cambodia
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Khmer
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ND
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
16.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Khmer and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Tagalog language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Khmer vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.