Countries
West Java
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
ND
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
ND
  
Please
Mangga
  
ND
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
ND
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
ND
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
16.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
soundanais
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Sundanese and Khmer 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 Sundanese and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Khmer language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Khmer Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese Alphabets and Khmer 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 Sundanese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.