ISO 639-3 · khmkhm
Austroasiatic family
Khmer
ភាសាខ្មែរ
Khmer is a language of the Eastern Mon-Khmer branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Cambodia and Vietnam. Wikidata counts 16.6 m first-language speakers (2019) and 1 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language of Cambodia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
khm- ISO 639-1
km- Glottocode
khme1253- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 12.00, 104.00
- Wikipedia
- 125 language editions
16.6 mfirst-language speakers
1 msecond-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khmer · ភាសាខ្មែរ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Khmer language, Cambodian language, Central Khmer |
| L1 speakers | 16,600,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 1,000,000 (2015) |
| Written in | Khmer script |
| Official in | Cambodia |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Khmer
The branches above Khmer, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Cambodia
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