Khmer
Glottolog calls it: Central Khmer
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Endangerment status
Not endangered
Children are still learning this language at home.
Source: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master)
ISO 639-3 khm · ISO 639-1 km · Glottocode cent1989
Speakers at home
The census counts this language on its own, so these figures are for it alone.
By state
- California70,350limited English 36,406
- Massachusetts22,795limited English 11,999
- Washington15,709limited English 8,727
- Texas12,474limited English 7,252
- Pennsylvania9,690limited English 6,922
- Minnesota6,917limited English 3,704
- Florida5,183limited English 2,584
- Virginia4,737limited English 2,575
- Georgia4,302limited English 1,926
- Rhode Island3,734limited English 1,858
- New York3,339limited English 1,795
- Ohio3,273limited English 1,777
- North Carolina3,194limited English 1,227
- Illinois3,044limited English 1,750
- Michigan2,122limited English 1,337
- Connecticut2,095limited English 1,182
- Arizona1,922limited English 935
- Oregon1,908limited English 759
- Maryland1,884limited English 977
- Colorado1,842limited English 939
- Kentucky1,552limited English 940
- Utah1,536limited English 912
- New Jersey1,401limited English 576
- Kansas1,347limited English 890
- Tennessee1,197limited English 521
- Nevada1,066limited English 612
- Missouri1,001limited English 545
- Indiana994limited English 360
- South Carolina981limited English 486
- Maine851limited English 434
- Iowa845limited English 342
- Wisconsin650limited English 207
- Louisiana631limited English 357
- Alabama456limited English 293
- New Hampshire408limited English 144
- Hawaii395limited English 212
- Arkansas389limited English 198
- Oklahoma372limited English 184
- Nebraska187limited English 141
- Delaware148limited English 97
- Alaska109limited English 30
- Vermont84limited English 13
- New Mexico71limited English 63
- Montana63limited English 58
- Mississippi50limited English 20
- Wyoming42limited English 30
- Idaho39limited English 39
- West Virginia33limited English 21
- South Dakota15limited English 0
By city
- Philadelphia4,919limited English 3,502
- San Diego3,054limited English 1,689
- Los Angeles2,440limited English 1,249
- Charlotte2,071limited English 303
- San Jose2,056limited English 891
- New York City1,986limited English 665
- Columbus1,448limited English 824
- Sacramento1,332limited English 671
- Phoenix503limited English 0
- Houston221limited English 95
- Boston165limited English 165
- Dallas164limited English 43
- Seattle124limited English 0
- Chicago38limited English 0
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
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- Numbersnone yet
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- Familynone yet
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- Foodnone yet
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- Weather and seasonsnone yet
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- A proverbnone yet
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- A song for a childnone yet
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- A storynone yet
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CultureMesh, "Khmer" language page (https://www.culturemesh.com/languages/khmer-66). Endangerment status: Glottolog (glottolog-cldf, master). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.