Countries
Vietnam
Cambodia
National Language
Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Cam on
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
ND
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
ND
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
ND
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
ND
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
ND
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Cambodia, Thailand
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
vietnamien
khmer central
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Modern Khmer
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
khme1253
Linguasphere
46-EBA
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Vietnamese and Khmer Speaking population
Vietnamese and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Khmer on Vietnamese vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Vietnamese and Khmer Language Codes
Vietnamese and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.