Khmu is part of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken predominantly in northern Laos and regions of Vietnam and Thailand. It uses Latin-based scripts and has a tonal nature with several grammatical cases. Khmu plays a significant role in the cultural identity of indigenous communities and is primarily an oral language with ongoing initiatives to develop written materials and educational resources.
| 🌐 ISO Code: | kjg / kjg |
| 🧬 Language Family: | Austroasiatic |
| ✍️ Writing System: | Latin script |
| 🔤 Alphabet Size: | 24 |
| 📍 Spoken In: | Laos |
| 🗣️ Native Speakers: | 0.5 million |
| 🌎 Total Speakers: | 0.6 million |
| 📚 Wikipedia Articles: | 10 |
| 🏛️ UN Official Language: | — |
| 📖 Literature Age: | 2 centuries |
| 👨🎓 Language Learners: | 0.01 million |
| 🗺️ Dominant Region: | Northern Laos |
| 🔠 Has Transliteration: | — |
| 🧩 Grammatical Cases: | 5 |
| 🎵 Tonal Language: | ✔️ |
| 👩🎤 Grammatical Gender: | none |
| 🔡 Average Word Length: | 2.1 syllables |
| 🔤 Verb Conjugation Complexity: | low |
| 🧩 Scrabble Score (avg): | 5.7 |
| ⏳ FSI Learning Hours: | 1300 |
| 📏 Longest Word: | khammanthar |
| 🤖 Our AI Knowledge: |
★★★★★
Minimal familiarity, limited resources.
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