Languages

Khmer

Other Language Families of Asia

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Khmer." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/khmer.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Khmer. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/khmer

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-khmer,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Khmer},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/khmer},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Khmer is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people and is an official language and national language of Cambodia. It is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, and in the Mekong and southeastern regions of Vietnam.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

khm 1

Speaker Count

19,000,000 1

2019 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers; the infobox also gives a second-language total of 1 million (2024) and a combined total of 21 million (2019-2024), not captured here.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Khmer Language

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Khmer is an Austroasiatic language spoken natively by the Khmer people and is an official language and national language of Cambodia. The language is also widely spoken by Khmer people in Eastern Thailand and Isan, Thailand, as well as in the Southeastern and Mekong regions of Vietnam.

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1. Wikipedia: Khmer Language

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