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Cantonese vs Khmer


Khmer vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
20  
10
33  
23

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
ND  

Thank You
谢谢  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
晚安  
ND  

Good Evening
晚上好  
ND  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
ND  

Good Morning
早上好  
ND  

Please
请  
ND  

Sorry
遗憾  
ND  

Bye
再见  
ND  

I Love You
我爱你  
ND  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
ND  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,200,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Cambodia, Thailand  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
Not Available  
khmer central  

German Name
Not Available  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
17th century  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Modern Khmer  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
khm  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
khm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
Not Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Cantonese and Khmer Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Khmer language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Khmer language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and Khmer Language History.

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Cantonese and Khmer Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Khmer language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Khmer Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Khmer Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.

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