Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Cambodia
National Language
Portugal
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Como você está?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
boa Noite
ND
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
ND
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Brazil
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Portugal
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Português
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
portugais
khmer central
German Name
Portugiesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
khme1253
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Portuguese and Khmer 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 Portuguese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Khmer Speaking population
Portuguese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Portuguese and Khmer on Portuguese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Khmer Language Codes
Portuguese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.