Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Cambodia
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Australia, France, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Khmer
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
ND
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
ND
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
ND
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
ND
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
ND
  
Please
Sisplau
  
ND
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
ND
  
Bye
Adéu
  
ND
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
ND
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
ND
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Northern Khmer
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00
  
26
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Khmer Krom
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Western Khmer
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Cambodia, Thailand
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Cambodian, Khmer
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
khmer central
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Kambodschanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Khmer, Northern Khmer
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Proto-Khmer
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Modern Khmer
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
km
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
khm
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
khm
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
khm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
khme1253
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Khmer language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Khmer Difficulty
The Catalan vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.