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Khmer and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
ND  

Thank You
Cam on  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
ND  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
ND  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
ND  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
ND  

Please
xin vui lòng  
ND  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
ND  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
ND  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
ND  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
ND  

Dialects

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  
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
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  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
14  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
khm  

ISO 639 3
vie  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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