Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Greek
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
ND
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
ND
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
ND
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
ND
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
ND
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
arménien
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating